Ford unveils a customized, electrical pickup forward of F-150 Lightning

Ford Motor unveiled Tuesday a customized truck that mixes its previous with its future electrification plans, together with its extremely anticipated F-150 Lightning pickup in 2022.

The “all-electric Ford F-100 Eluminator idea truck” options the retro-styling of a 1978 F-100 pickup with electrical motors and batteries from the automaker’s 2021 Mustang Mach-E GT Efficiency Version. Its inside controls and screens additionally resemble the Mach-E electrical crossover.

Ford constructed the car to showcase its new “e-crate motor” that is now on sale on-line and at its dealerships. Such “crate” engines or motors are assembled by the corporate however can be found for basic buy for constructing, fixing or customizing autos.

“Our F-100 Eluminator idea is a preview of how we’re supporting prospects as they go all-electric and embrace zero-tailpipe emissions efficiency, even for our heritage autos,” Ford world director of equipment and licensing Eric Cin stated in a launch.

The customized pickup additionally supplies some hype for the automaker, because it prepares to launch its electrical F-150 Lightning pickup in the course of the first half of subsequent 12 months. Many view the pickup as a barometer for whether or not pickup truck prospects — which dominate annual U.S. gross sales charts — are prepared to change to electrical autos.

The idea pickup can produce 480 horsepower and 634 foot-pounds of torque, Ford stated. It was designed and created by Ford Efficiency and built-in collaboration with aftermarket corporations akin to MLe Racecars and Roadster Store.

Every of Ford’s e-crate motors produces 281 horsepower and 317 foot-pounds of torque and is street-legal in all 50 states, in line with the corporate. Ford stated the motor will retail for $3,900.

The Ford F-100 Eluminator was unveiled Tuesday in Las Vegas for SEMA Present, an annual convention for the automotive specialty and aftermarket industries.

The aftermarket enterprise is extraordinarily essential to the automotive trade. Automakers yearly unveil distinctive autos on the present to gauge client curiosity and showcase new aftermarket merchandise akin to Ford’s e-crate motor.

The aftermarket components trade is a $44.6 billion trade, in line with Specialty Tools Market Affiliation, which places on the annual present.