Legacy automaker Ford Motor Co.‘s (NYSE:F) F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck Wednesday won a laurel and the company was quick to acknowledge it.
What Happened: The F-150 Lightning was the top-rated electric truck for 2024, said Edmunds, an online provider of vehicle data and information and car reviews. “For the second year in a row, the F-150 Lightning clinched the Edmunds Top Rated Electric Truck award because it’s an honest, hardworking pickup — one that just happens to be electric,” it said.
The F-150 Lightning can handle the toughest of truck stuff, and it provides scope for adding a majority of F-150 ICE counterpart’s useful options such as “custom-fit toolboxes, lockable in-cabin storage bins, and onboard scales,” Edmunds said. The reviewer also noted that the F-150 Lightning exceeded its EPA estimate in the EV Range rest it conducted.
The bigger-battery version traveled at an impressive 345 miles on a ...