2022 Ford F-150 Lightning production began at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center back in April, with the very first deliveries following in May. A few months later, the all-electric pickup has been delivered to all 50 U.S. states as sales continue to rise, in spite of multiple supply chain constraints. However, sources familiar with the matter have told Ford Authority that the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is ditching two of its features amid the chip shortage and various other supply issues – On-Board Scales and Smart Hitch.
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning production has been updated to include an On-Board Scales and Smart Hitch Removal option, which is required, but only impacts models that would have otherwise been equipped with the Tow Technology Package. The Tow Technology Package is standard on the Platinum and in conjunction with the Lariat 511A equipment group, as well as available as an option on Pro, XLT, and Lariat trims.
With this new removal option, the Tow Technology Package now includes Trailer Reverse Guidance, Trailer Brake Controller, Pro Trailer Backup Assist, and Forward Sensing System – the latter of which is standard on all trims except for the F-150 Lightning Pro, which offers it as an option. This change is presumably being made as a way to keep production flowing in spite of supply chain constraints including the chip shortage.
This sort of deletion is nothing new for many Blue Oval models, including the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning. In fact, the EV pickup gained a Multicontour seat removal option back in June. These sorts of deletions figure to continue for the foreseeable future as well, though Ford CEO Jim Farley recently reiterated that he believes the chip shortage will begin to ease as soon as 2023.
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And the credit back to the consumer…..nothing. Just wait till more ev’s get on the market roving black outs, limited range….now the government has you were they want you.
I can make my own electricity, relieving me of not one but two monopolies controlling my life. It’s a wonderful thing.
The window sticker reflects a $650 credit.
You may need to put some fresh tinfoil on your hat, too.
And it starts! Next they will take away the battery. This vehicle market is horrible.
Without the on board scales, how does the truck factor in the range?
Not just chips are problems and shortages. This will be ongoing for the next few years, 2024+.
removing on-board scale, wow what a mistake. then again, they can’t build the trucks anyway
What a bunch of whiners. It’s one feature…that doesn’t exist on the ice version either. When I tow with my f150, I have to manually calculate in my head how long before I need to refuel. After a year, I could guess it to +/- 5 miles. The entitlement and ignorance in the comments is astonishing. Ford, ignore the haters and keep up the great work .
The EV haters are trolling hard. Get a life.
Chip shortages….really? You went there. There are 6 major chip manufactures in Silicone Valley alone.
Intel Corporation
NUVIA
Applied Materials
AMD
Celera
Infineon
GCT Semiconductor
GlobalFoundries
You’re going to try to sell this chip shortage bull excrement to us. We all know it’s bull. You just decided to sleep with China and now China has you by the nads. Shouldn’t make the consumer pay for your bad decisions.
Well, I have read enough on this forum to make me wonder where folks get their information and why waste your time on all the useless conspiracy theories.
First off, the chip shortage has been real. Due to multiple factors over the last almost 3 years that include Covid disruption to supply chains around the world, major fires at chip plants in Germany and Japan, increased demand for the options in vehicles that require computer control and every other new electronic product we want to buy needing these chips too. The short answer is, chip demand is up and world production can’t keep up. Where is the necessary new chip production in the USA?
Next, EVs are here to stay and the demand is growing….fast. ICE vehicles are not going away in the short term but are going to lose popularity as fuel prices continue to climb, the climate impact from CO2 gets worse and parts of the world ( including in the USA) become too hot to live there.
The charging station networks do indeed need to grow and be funded by big and small money alike. Government can help, but entrepreneurs and businesses can have a great positive impact without increasing the tax burden out of sight. Oil companies have already started to deploy public charging stations (BP, Shell, Petro Canada, etc.). Electricity companies have gotten on the bandwagon in Canada (Hydro One and OPG in Ontario, Hydro Quebec and BC Hydro). Perhaps some already do in the USA also.
As for the sources to power the EV demand, every home and building is a potential charge point, my house already is one of over 2 million where I live.
Clean power generation from new hydro plants (large and small), wind turbines and solar farms need more support from public and private money. New jobs are created as well to build these.
Here is an easy interim action for anyone and everyone, get more energy efficient at home and businesses by swapping out old fluorescent and incandescent lights with new LED lights. The benefit is substantial, it worked at my house and many stores I shop in.
I own a Mach E, I travel and use DC fast chargers on the major trips. My average travel cost is $25 per charge for 80% range or about 14 cents per mile which is about half of what it costs for an ICE vehicle that gets 31 mpg.
Charging at home costs me $35-$40 PER MONTH, true fact!
I am retired, do not work for any automotive company, don’t own stock in any power companies and have owned ICE Fords since 1969, a 1964 Fairlane, to my 2010 Shelby GT500, to my last ICE, a 2018 Edge.
Why the Mach E? Because it is time.
It takes a Canadian to provide common sense.
Thank you.