{"id":13257,"date":"2021-12-08T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=13257"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:23:25","slug":"ford-f-150-lightning-reservations-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2021\/12\/08\/ford-f-150-lightning-reservations-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford F-150 Lightning reservations closed after 200,000 people sign up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unveiled with pomp and circumstance back in May, the Ford F-150 Lightning<\/a> was an instant hit and has managed to rack up approximately 200,000 reservations to this day. You can no longer sign up by paying a refundable $100 fee to get the fullsize electric pickup truck as the Blue Oval has updated the EV’s product page to announce reservations are officially closed: “As we prepare to make history together, we’ve closed reservations so we can start accepting orders.”<\/p>\n

Demand for the reborn Lightning has far exceeded Ford’s projections, with the Dearborn automaker recently deciding to double production by investing an additional $250 million and hiring and creating an extra 450 jobs. The original plan was to make 40,000 units a year, but that number has since grown to 80,000 vehicles annually at the Rouge plant in Michigan.<\/p>\n

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Providing all reservations will be converted to firm orders, which frankly seems highly unlikely, the Blue Oval will need two and a half years to clear out the backlog. Ford CEO Jim Farley has a more realistic estimation of 80% of the reservations being converted to actual sales, so it’s safe to say the F-150 EV is likely sold out for the first two model years. That’s especially true if we take into consideration the 200,000 reservations do not include fleet buyers.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Automotive News<\/em>, Ford’s head honcho said 70% of reservations holders are not only new to the brand, but also haven’t purchased a pickup truck before, while the rest of them are existing F-150 owners. Sales of the hotly anticipated zero-emissions truck will commence in spring 2022. Pricing kicks off at $39,974 MSRP for the commercial-oriented SR version and goes all the way up to $90,474 if you order the Lightning ER Platinum with all the bells and whistles.<\/p>\n

Ford North America Product Communications director Mike Levine took to Twitter<\/em> to confirm it’s too late to get in line to purchase the F-150 Lightning:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/t.co\/RLDi4xoNbA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/85VNnPw7FL<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mike Levine (@mrlevine) December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n