Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum | Winter EV Review | Driving.ca

[@fuchs219]

Good job on the winter/cold review! Finally real numbers ! Still waiting for my xlt to cross the border

[@eXdXgXe4life]

Came here to hear you say that the heat from the vents is almost immediate. Thanks!

[@keithcull254]

On Dec 22, a F150 Lightning owner from SK posted: "I live in Saskatchewan Canada, just got our Lightning with ER pack two weeks ago, and it is cold right now here so I am likely putting it through the worst it has ever seen - minus 45 with the windchill yesterday. A pure -35 without wind the day before. In that temperature, I drove under 30 km (19 miles) and the truck went from 428 km range to 249 km. The battery % went down from 96% to 81%. I ended up driving only 76 km (47 miles) yesterday and the range was down to 140 km to go with the battery at 56%. This is a trip to town and back with a few errands for us. It looks like maybe we could sneak in two trips - around 150km (93 miles) in this, but we haven't been brave enough to try it as we don't want to run out of electricity in minus 45!" The owner's experience confirms 50% range loss in very cold temperatures

[@keithcull254]

@@skellington2000 You dont have the option to plug in everywhere

[@Garyola]

I used to help out a band yrs ago when I was living in Calgary. We would head into Saskatchewan in the winter to gigs. I thought I knew what cold was growing up in the Soo. I had no idea. At minus 45 you should just stay home. 🥶 I could live with half the range where I live in Eastern Ontario. I never travel more than about 150 kms in a day. I hate that I have to drive 20kms to get to a gas station from my house out in the country. I just don't have a $100K for a pickup truck. Hoping for a midsize at prices we mortals can afford.

[@arunsubramanian7949]

Saskatchewan gets very cold and the truck should be able to handle it. The charging infrastructure is so poor in the highways and these vehicles would be impractical

[@poxer1]

My diesel barely starts in -15 and the consumption is very high. So, for me it is the same as ICE

[@keithcull254]

@@poxer1 My 12 valve Cummins will start at any temperature , I have a webasto and I get 1200 kms highway and 800 kms city on a tank . Plus I've been getting free diesel for years from my oil patch connections , and also for my jeep diesel .

[@dylderosbie4278]

Exactly the sort of no nonsense review I was looking for in the driving terms i speak! Many thanks!

[@HansraRulez]

Movement of Silence if range drops to 200km in winters. Even one way trip from Calgary to Edmonton need charging stop.

[@brundle_fly_3895]

I have been unable to find a charger in Edmonton, are there any available? I've found a few in Calgary

[@tysonb1486]

I was hoping to see a review of ranges with -35c or colder temps not -12c. I drive a bolt and in -35c ot colder i get about 220km to a charge. I was hoping to see if any ford lightnings can get the same km range.

[@shawnofthedead6362]

100,000$ that’s big payment bi-weekly over 5 years no way I could afford that payment

[@Siddhartha_Clips]

I think he is top line model. You can get a XLT which is entry level around 60,000 CAD.

[@victorvek5227]

One year later, there’s lariat f-150 lightings with less than 10k miles for around $44k, approximately $13,000 less than a comparable combustion lariat….

[@92174164]

Only 95k.. What a deal,, oh if Im pulling a trailer my range is cut to one 3rd, great? Oh if a batt fails its 35 thousand dollars.. Perfect? U tell me

[@lenhofer3214]

I have one of them trucks "GM branded myself" by the way....n there's no way them trucks will ever work like an ICE truck in the cold....it's not even conversation.....but I must say the smoothness of that electric drive system is out of this world....I can't stand driving an ICE truck anymore....with regards to the drive train .....it's seamless n perfectly smooth......can't wait for a Silverado EV..

[@Mark-o1z]

These trucks were suppose to be cheaper but I looked at one and they want $120,000 ! Joke so I bought a normal truck. The dealer told me he didn’t even want the lighting on his lot.

[@kenhilson786]

I thought this was supposed to be about a winter trip from Toronto to Sudbury. More like a ford ad.

[@davegeorge7094]

I need A/C, lots of it I don't there's enough for 43 degree driving.

[@michael506]

Just called a dealer in Canada for fun. $100K to start for an XLT trim. Taxes and interest at 7.5%. You’re looking roughly at $135K, all in. A lovely $1900/month payment to boot. This purchase is essentially for the functionally retarded or at the very least for financially illiterate people. My 2018 F150 was $50K all in. I pay roughy $3500 a year for the magic liquid called gasoline. Since I have $85K to spare I will be driving for free for the next 25 years. 15-20 if you add maintenance. 40 -50 if I invest the difference. Best of all, people won’t be laughing at me as I drive by.

[@Siddhartha_Clips]

Really? The prices are much lower right now on the website. I think MSRP is around 60K CAD.

[@Lrxxx321]

Most of these tests I see with EV trucks are complete b.s I have yet to see someone driving it full of work tools or hauling a trailer these tests mean nothing most people use pickup trucks for work

[@anthonyjacoway7364]

I'm an ev fan. And the trailer hauls are abysmal like 50 mile range. I think many trucks are just plump sedans with the ability to haul a table to the dump.

[@lrod8692]

There’s work trucks and then there are family trucks …… like everyone who owns a Sports car, no one ever takes it to the track. These EV trucks crush anything with an ICE engine just accept it.

[@JustinPritchard]

Most f150 owners (more than 75 percent) never tow anything. The ones that do, understand their needs and buy accordingly.

[@JustinPritchard]

@@lrod8692 you are correct and the Ram HEMI guys are having none of it LOL

[@amallica]

Yea and his bed was empty in the video. What an absolute joke of a toy truck, Ford should be ashamed of this black mark on their history.

[@constantinedimopoulos1110]

For a 150 thousand dollar electric toy, I would demand more than 280 km range or less in a cold Canadian winter. Nice truck but totally impractical, unless you live somewhere where it never gets cold. Zero value for dollar.

[@info781]

Most people use trucks as toys, maybe a bag of groceries in the back

[@firebladex8586]

If it's $150k it's not going to sell anyway

[@JustinPritchard]

Where are you getting the $150k pricetag from? Rectally sourced pricing?

[@briancarroll1214]

You lost me at 150k. They are 50-90k bud. You talkin pesos?

[@constantinedimopoulos1110]

@@briancarroll1214 Hey there. In Canada they still list for over 110k new plus options and taxes. If you live in the US, you are correct about the Peso. Canadian Peso that is!