For most of the time, the F-150 Lightning has been heralded with glowing praise from across the industry. As more lightnings hit the streets and accumulate miles, we'll get a better idea of their reliability.
Eric is a fan of electric cars. After plugging his truck into an electric vehicle charging station, he heard a loud boom, and the truck was bricked.
A bunch of error codes were thrown up by the lightning when it couldn't start. Couldn't even switch to neutral.
The death of the Lightning has left him far from home.
"I'm 1000 miles away from home and my Lightning won't move," he said in a second message. I'm messed up.
It's not clear who or what caused the Ford Lightning to fall down. It could be an issue on the Ford side, or it could be an issue on the part of the developers.
The plight of Roe has not gone unrecognized. The Ford spokesman tried to reach out in the replies to his message. MotorTrend was told by Electronic Arts that it was investigating the unfortunate issue experienced by Eric Roe and reaching out to him.
Engineers should be able to get to the bottom of the problem to prevent further incidents. It's not a good look for EV built bylegacy automakers or the infrastructure that powers them
If this is the future of cars, pain points will be inevitable, even though it's weird seeing a whole car getting bricked the same way a Walmart laptop might.
A critic says that the F-150 Lightning is bad for trucking.