Ford launches 2022 F-150 Lightning: Watch the Replay

The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning officially launches Tuesday, hot on the heels of news that the Blue Oval's new all-electric pickup truck is just about sold out for the foreseeable future. The event will be streamed live from Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center starting at 1:30 PM EDT on Tuesday, April 26, where the first production F-150 Lightnings will start rolling off the line.

Official EPA range and efficiency numbers for the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning surfaced in March. With the standard range battery, the Pro is rated at 230 miles, tying with the XLT and Lariat standard-range models for the least range in the lineup. The XLT and Lariat with the extended-range battery are good for 320 miles, while the heavier Platinum was rated at just 300. The standard-range version makes 426 horsepower, while the extended-range model boasts 563 hp; both have 775 pound-feet of torque. For the larger-battery version, Ford estimates a 0–60 time in the mid-4-second range.

Pricing for the basic "Pro" model will start below $40,000 before applicable federal ($7,500) and state (variable) EV credits. Here's hoping you can find one. Stories began circulating more than a week ago that at least some trims of the new Lightning are already sold out (the least expensive ones, and thus least profitable for Ford to build) and that was further buoyed by reports this week that Ford removed the order option from the Lightning web site, perhaps signaling that it now has more orders on hand that it expects to be able to fulfill for the 2022 model year.