No gimmicks, genuinely useful features, Ford did a VERY good job with this truck

*long silence* “you can also fit a human body in it.” Well then.

The F-150 ‘Crew Cabs’ are so popular because it’s like a SUV with a small pick-up bed. Which is why we stopped buying Expeditions 6 years ago & instead started buying the Crew Cab F-150’s.

And this is the key to mass EV adoption - keep everything else familiar. Buyers don't want weird and unfathomable controls, bizarre door handles and steering jokes, but they will quickly fall in love with the EV powertrain, once they try it out. Great review!

My first thought for that front trunk is TOOLS TOOLS. Saves precious space in the truck bed, keeps them out of the elements and locked away from thieves. And you can charge tool batteries etc... in there. Contractors will love that!

I’m glad to see solid electric versions of staple vehicles. Ever since the Prius, too many have just been ugly.

dam, i am not a truck guy at all but F-150 lightning looks really nice with all the features with real life utilities. Great work by Ford

I’ve watched your video before every phone or laptop I’ve ever purchased, and was Pleasantly surprised and psyched to see your face in the midst of my truck hunt. You rock!

Nailed it.

This video could legitimately be an hour long, and I'd still sit here watching intently. Prodution quality is top notch as always, loving the car videos you guys are putting out.

Appreciate the info on the capacity of the frunk, the ability for it to store a [DATA_EXPUNGED] realy sold me!

Yep that truck is going to sell like crazy. A lot of contract workers will have this truck also. You can literally go camping and power up all of your needs

Man I love when Marques surprises us with "we actually used another F-150 lightning to shoot the road shots" or "actually we shot this whole video on so and so phone". Gets me hyped every time

5:16 "You can also fit a human body in it" That literally made me lol.

Okay MKBD, I'm sold. I was thinking Rivian but this one seems to really have impressed you! I've been a GM pickup guy forever but this might be enough to switch me. And I know the regulators had a problem with the 'body-in-the-trunk-thing' so I'm betting there is a release inside the frunk?

I received my Lightning in October, have put 113000 miles on it and i truly love it for many of the same reasons you state in the video. I had a Ram before and jumped on day 1 to reserve the lightning when it was announced. So happy to be an EV and F150 owner!

I don't need or want a truck, but this is incredible.

The Lightning just seems so well designed in so many different aspects. The fact that a company with the footprint of Ford appears to have nailed it this early could be big for EV adoption. Hopefully that spurs some renewable energy investments.

Drove one of these the other day and I absolutely loved it!!

That’s definitely one of the best looking brand new vehicles I’ve ever seen. I’m used to it right away

5:16 “You can also fit a human body in it” Is single handedly the most out of pocket thing Marques has ever said

Really loved the scenery for this one.

Just picked up our 2024 XLT Ford Lightning F150 yesterday. There are certainly issues with electric but I would say that 98% of what our family needs a truck and a vehicle to do, it is PERFECT for.

Great video, Marques. But who on earth can afford $90K to take the kids to school? I am I going mad?!

seeing marques and extremely lush trees in the same shot was an experience i don't think i ever expected

Marques you really outdid yourself with this one. The camera angles and shots are chefskiss and the perfect amount of information, not too much but enough for someone to make a good purchasing decision. Well Done!

the HUMAN Body in a front trunk ( good touch ) 🤣😅

Guy test driving this truck came to our store about 3-4ish months ago, we were impressed when he gave us a tour, main thing I liked was the full spare they come with and the amount of outlets it has, the only things I was disappointed to learn about it was the 300mi range which is good, but some of my trips consist of 400ish mi while hauling, around 600-5000lb, at least it's cheaper to charge than gasoline, otherwise a ramp would've been cool instead of the stairs, ramps helped a ton more before we got a f-350 with a lift gate

I feel like *this* will be the truck that gets people in more rural areas finally into EVs. There is still a Prius stigma about all EVs amongst many of those people, and the fact that so many of the people I talk to are excited about this truck shows a huge shift from that thinking.

Is it just me or is the outdoor scenery in the video a very nice take in an MKBHD video? I’d be down to see more of this, natural lighting, etc.

The fact that this and the Rivan exists really makes it a hard sell for the Cybertruck. Outside of looking different (which people will absolutely buy it for), the Cybertruck really has a huge hill to climb when it comes to its competition.

You ARE the best Reviewer, Love the Truck.

I've never been interested in owning a truck until now. I feel like, on paper, they did everything right with the lightning and I would love to have one

I can't see Ford losing this battle of the EVs. Their entire strategy just makes way more sense. Take the familiar and old, bring it into the future. Simple.

"This truck can power your hou-" Texas: hold my beer.

I'm still feeling weird about an electric F150, but now I actually appreciate what they've done. All the features make sense, and the ability to power your house is insane

Finally an electric truck that doesn't prevent me from storing bodies in the frunk/trunk. Amazing

The profit margin on this truck is going to be huge and the repairability aspect combined with service centers is a BIG selling point. Stoked for my preorder.

I've had my lightning lariat for about a week and man i love this thing!! it was definitely worth the almost year long wait. As always great video man, keep up the good work.

This thing is a beauty. I dropped by Ford to check this out in person yesterday… ⚡️ I’d never considered a Lightning until the last week. I’m sold!

I'm just starting the video but that shot you guys got in like 3 seconds of the older gentleman waiving and then going back to bird watching was one of the best three seconds of video, especially in conjunction with the awesome opening cuts and appropriate music, that I've seen in a video in some time. Seriously, that was awesome.

S Tier intro! This truck will definitely sell well and possibly change the landscape as much as the tesla has so far. Also had to laugh when Marques was sitting in the frunk looking devious

I wouldn't want a moon buggy truck , I want something that looks and performs like this one . perfect .

Once he said it can power your house for a couple of days I fell in love with the truck

I find it hilarious how Marques seemed so excited to tell us "you can also fit a human body inside it".

Most of the questions I see about towing, sure it can tow a lot, but not very far.... and having to charge with a trailer, well let's see that debacle... I'll do a comparison with my F350 turbo diesel when I get hold of a Lightning 👍💪

Shout out to the editor who selected the music tracks. *A M A Z I N G!*

Nice review. I bought one and absolutely love it. There is room for improvement, but less room (I'd say) than with a standard ICE vehicle. And each generation will get better and better--it's early days. Exciting time to be a car person if you care about this stuff.

Can't stand having A/C controls on a touchscreen. Physical buttons and knobs are better so you don't have to take your eyes off the road. Other than that it's a nice truck. Don't really like the grill either though

Such a well made video

Ive owned this extended range XLT truck for 4 months, driven 13000 miles driving 600 to 800 miles each week. I haul material i love the frunk, fill it with luggage and cargo on the bed, it gives amazing range on city roads, amazing accurate range projection on screen that matches highway range, it has all the features, it is the best value when Ford offered this for 53K inckuding the immediate $7500 credit at the point of purchade. This vehicle delivers on every thing that this promise. My cold driving during march in michigan was 240 miles and summer driving in july is 290 miles on highway. It is awesome and ford has done a horrible job of marketing it. Id be a spokesperson for this all day everyday. My cargo use is space and about 500 to 1000 lbs and this vehicle handles it without range change like a champ.

5:19 - wait ... what? 👀 I'm sold 😅

As an electric car nerd, I've always looked at the EV marketplace as the best place for companies to switch up how we think about cars. This Ford F-150 is the first of all of these to make me go, "huh. Maybe there is a little something to how things have been done." And to me, it looks like the single most compelling EV option for anyone and everyone that *doesn't* care about EVs. Which, I should add, is the only way mass adoption is ever going to become a reality as fast as we need it to be. Great coverage, Marques.

Definitely the best Auto focus episode till date. Wonderful sound editing and spectacular setting. And top notch MKBHD quality as usual.

Why did you stop doing videos like this one I think this was the greatest video quality according to me on the on this channel

If we didn’t live in a rural area and if my dad didn’t drive a ton in a day, I would totally try to convince him to get this. Is passenger and back seats are full of tools as well as the bed. That extra space in the frunk would be great for him

Marques Brownlee is the iPhone of tech channels

I was at a bar in Cleveland last fall, and when I randomly got into a convo with a really vanilla-seeming non-tech dude, I found out even tho he didn’t care much about pc parts, video games, or crypto, but preferred sports, camping & rock climbing, he had reserved an F-150 Lighting. This really is the most important car for the future of cars, bc it’s electrifying a whole segment of the collective fleet which would never have considered going EV otherwise.

First of all, I genuinely appreciate your honest and impartial reviews. Second, I was hoping you would able to get a second look at the Hummer EV.

mkbhd do more car reviews please you are good at it. enjoyable video

For a lot of F-150 owners, I think the Frunk is reason enough to switch, especially if you have a utility box in your bed. I'd guess there are some people who would be able to go from a 6.5 ft bed to the 5.5 ft bed just because they can lose the utility box. I've been wanting to buy a truck, but will probably hold off until I can get the Lightning, specifically because of the Frunk. They'll probably be able to get people who wouldn't buy a truck because of the secure storage issues. It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out. I think they're going to steal a good amount of orders from Tesla.

Lowkey kinda glad it’s Ford pushing trucks forward, like they really made the first assembly car and here we are 100 years later still innovating

I have just ordered my second F150 hybrid. I still can’t wrap my head around using an all electric for my own purposes, but I love my hybrid. I’m coming to the end of the warranty period on my 2021 and have ordered its replacement.

Never seen an actual F150 Lightning (Ford is very rare where I live) but I have to say the truck looks amazing and it has so many useful features. The backup battery is especially useful and should be something that all EVs offer as an option (along with solar charging). 30kWh a day is extremely generous (I've lived with around 7 to 10 kWh for quite a while and it's more than enough to use everything along with a few hour's of AC usage).

I’m not a truck guy but that thing looks amazing and has great features. Really impressed with it! And great video, as usual.

Nice... I love this series! Thanks for the level of the content Marquees. 5:18 Always giving us the info that actually matters 👌🏻

8:22 Ghrams the Meet

The human body-sized frunk is what sold me. If the cybertruck doesn't hold two or more, they could fuggeddaboutit

7:08 "paint me like one of your french girls"

Love the style of this video. Different scene changes and the B- Roll. One of the best videos I've seen from you

I'd say Rivian is closer to iPhone of Pickup Trucks but yeah F150 is sooo good

“More horsepower and more torque than any other F150”…. Man, who would have ever thought we’d hear that. This thing is the future.

The first 36 seconds of this video!!! (The intro)..wow! just wow 🔥 Your choice of words and music, at the same time, is unmatched. Top top stuff there.

Ford is sneakily building some of the best Tech-ed out cars on the market right now. Their Sync infotainment system is really good for such a legacy brand.

Me opening my frunk in front of my family: “*gasp* SOMEONE STOLE MY ENGINE!”, also frunk is kind of a funny name.

"You can also put human body in it" 😂 sold!

"is the iPhone of Pickup Trucks"- well we all learned that Marques is an iSheep the other week, this title confirms it.

Honestly - this is a great EV adoption piece for Ford/F150. People will resonate with your highlights and not get confused with the technical stuff. Nice job!

My buddy just got one and I have Mach E awd. Love these EVs ford is making

I wish I owned on of these... just so I could park somewhere busy, open the frunk and shout "bloody hell, someone nicked my engine!"".

I want one. Never thought I'd say that about a truck

FINALLY someone reviews a vehicle in exactly the way I want to see it. No wasting my time with comments about the style and the trim and all that, just gobs of good information delivered smoothly and succinctly. Thanks, and yeah, I even subscribed.

iPhone of pickups? I saw that headline and thought “so the battery drains immediately” 😂😂

I want one 😍 Been a proud Ford truck owner all my life

Unfortunately, dealer mark-up is making this “affordable” truck unaffordable for many.

Marques, PLEASE make a car channel, these reviews give me more relevant information than established car reviewing channels because you focus on the things that matter for day to day driving. Incredible.

Ha ha, you caught our house in your video. Mostly have BMWs in our place but was cool to see.

Man 0:21 that beat drop was good! 😎

So many great things about this truck! Range is still an issue. Some gas-powered trucks have a 24 gallon tank (or bigger). That would be equivalent to a 250 kWh battery, and we're not remotely close to that yet.

I love these types of reviews that focus on livabily features in a car. The way cars drive and accelerate and brake are important but since I spend most of my time in a car commuting, and not joyriding I would also like most of the review to focus on quality of life aspects and not engine sounds and cornering feel.

3:30 I don't consider that bastardization of a mustang a "mustang". I think it'll definitely go down in history like the Mustang II. A Mistake.

You had me at Milwaukee tools. Well, before that, actually. Fun and informative--good job! The only truck I've owned is a first gen Ranger. I'm a luxury buyer now, and this is surprisingly appealing. Oh, and the opposite of tailgating is frunking. Yeah!

So nice of Marques to review cars by these lesser known brands!

That post credit scene had me in splits 😂 Marques seems to be developing a weird fetish for fitting human bodies inside of the new age vehicles 😅

I love how the front door windows dip in a little to give better view angles of the tire side

the cybertruck is getting a lot of competition. And most people will buy this car that looks normal vs the weird cybertruck.

It's insane how versatile and feature rich this vehicle is. Incredible

This has me very excited because it sets the bar so high for electric trucks. It is now the standard that all other trucks will be measured against and that is a huge win for consumers.

My wife has a 2016 F150 5L V8, and I have a 2022 F350 7.3L V8 (for our camper). The torque output on that F150 lightening is greater than my gas F350 with the deepest final drive rear end that you can get. With that said, the Lightening is going to present problems for anyone towing a camper or anything that acts like a large wind sail. That resistance is going to trounce the battery (no way). As an around-town work truck, this thing is a game changer. Imagine a farmer who works their land and drives into town… game changer. For long-distance towing, it’s just not gonna do it, though. Either way, I can’t help but want one.

Out of all the electric cars available today, I could definitely see myself driving that.