{"id":1235,"date":"2022-12-17T23:23:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/fords-electric-f-150-lightning-is-getting-more-expensive-again\/"},"modified":"2022-12-17T23:23:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:23:17","slug":"fords-electric-f-150-lightning-is-getting-more-expensive-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/fords-electric-f-150-lightning-is-getting-more-expensive-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford\u2019s electric F-150 Lightning is getting more expensive, again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Ford\u2019s raising the price of its F-150 Lightning pickup yet again \u2014 this time, by about $4,000 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/12\/16\/ford-f-150-lightning-electric-pickup-gets-another-price-hike.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>). The increase affects both the entry-level Pro model for business customers and the consumer-focused XLT trim with no added options, which now start at $55,974 and $63,474, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">For comparison, the Pro work truck initially started at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23065908\/ford-f150-lightning-electric-truck-first-drive-specs-road-bluecruise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$39,974 when it launched<\/a> back in April, but subsequent price hikes brought the price up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/9\/23298076\/ford-f-150-lightning-electric-truck-price-order-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$46,974 in August<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/10\/05\/ford-raises-2023-f-150-lightning-pro-price-by-5k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$51,974 in October<\/a>. The base XLT, on the other hand, launched with a sticker price of $52,974 before that increased to $59,474 several months later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"my-9 lg:mx-0\">\n<div class=\"duet--media--content-warning relative\" style=\"padding-top:58.06451612903226%\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0\"><noscript><img alt=\"A comparison of Ford F-150 Lightning pricing\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/fFvsC6c4Iw3mHaWuv24zJj7oYTE=\/0x0:2046x1188\/2046x1188\/filters:focal(1023x594:1024x595)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/24299333\/ford_f150_lightning_pricing.png\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-black text-gray-13 dark:text-gray-e9 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-e9 [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63\"><em>The price increase only affects the Pro and XLT models.<\/em><\/figcaption><cite class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup inline not-italic [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-63 text-gray-63 dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:text-gray-bd dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:text-gray-bd [&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;&gt;a]:shadow-underline-gray dark:[&amp;&gt;a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray\">Screenshot: Emma Roth \/ The Verge<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 -tracking-1 leading-160 dark:text-white selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cPricing adjustments are a normal course of business due to rising material costs, market factors and ongoing supply chain constraints,\u201d Ford spokesperson Elizabeth Kraft tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/ford\/2022\/12\/15\/ford-again-hikes-prices-on-f-150-lightning-base-models\/69732535007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Detroit News<\/em><\/a>, noting that existing vehicle orders aren\u2019t affected. Ford didn\u2019t immediately respond to <em>The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/12\/17\/23514435\/ford-electric-f-150-lightning-price-increase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford\u2019s raising the price of its F-150 Lightning pickup yet again \u2014 this time, by about $4,000 (via CNBC). The increase affects both the entry-level Pro model for business customers and the consumer-focused XLT trim with no added options, which now start at $55,974 and $63,474, respectively. For comparison, the Pro work truck initially started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}