Recently, spy photos of the Ford F-150 Lightning with a range extender being road tested overseas have been exposed, which is very helpful for the pure electric range of about 370 km for this vehicle.
From the picture, we can see that the extendable battery pack of the Ford F-150 Lightning is placed in the truck bed of the vehicle in an exposed state and occupies about one-third of the truck bed space.
In fact, the Ford F-150 Lightning does not necessarily need to install the extendable battery pack under the truck bed to invade the space for use. Placing it under the hood is also a good way, because the pure electric F-150 Lightning has a huge space in the front cabin that can be used.
For Americans, the strong power and strong expansion ability of the F-150 attract a large number of users, but recently some car owners have expressed that the range of F-150 Lightning is cut in half directly when towing a 2.7-ton trailer. Therefore, for the sparsely populated America, the extendable battery pack has become crucial.
Back to China, with the formalization of the C6 driver’s license, the towing of trailers and motorcycles has become formal, and domestic new forces have seized the camping hot spot and equipped the vehicles with electric trailer hooks. NIO ES7, ET5 and XPeng G9 all have such designs, but for these several pure electric vehicles, while it is cool to discharge externally during camping, the range is also a pain that must be faced.🔗Source: insideevs
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