This Ford F-150 Lightning Trip Proves What We Already Know

When it comes to electric cars like the Ford F-150 Lightning, range anxiety is a serious problem.

Generally speaking, EVs have days without needing to be charged and have more than adequate

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But Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, drove the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning to find out about

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The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning can be fully charged from 15% to 80% in around 44 minutes

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. It takes about eight hours for a Level 2 charger to completely recharge the batteries.

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The F-150 Lightning may be charged over a few days using a 120V household outlet.

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The range is barely increased by around one mile per hour.

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Jim Farley said that charging the Ford Lightning on a road trip gave him some issues.

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The reason for this is because the Electrify America charging stations aren't performing up to par.

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Fast charging facilities are becoming harder to come by, and sometimes we find

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not operational. We've encountered problems at a couple different charging stations

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Sometimes the DC fast charging stations weren't working properly even while the charging network was online,

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