The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning soldiers into its second model year largely unchanged, with the most notable updates being alterations to the exterior color lineup, new LED strobes for Fleet models and the addition of Pro Trailer Hitch Assist to the Tow Technology Package, in addition to the removal of the AM radio.
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Model Line
The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning doesn’t see any changes to its trim level lineup, and is still offered in four distinct trims. This includes the base Pro trim, followed by XLT, Lariat and the range-topping Platinum trim.
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Exterior
Three exterior color options have been dropped from the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning lineup, while two new colors are now available.
Deleted colors:
- Iced Blue Silver
- Atlas Blue
- Smoked Quartz Metallic Tinted Clearcoat
Added colors:
- Avalanche (DR)
- Azure Gray Metallic Tri-Coat (G4)
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning in Iced Blue Silver
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning in Atlas Blue
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning in Azure Gray Metallic Tri-Coat
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning in Avalanche
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Interior
There were no changes to the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning interior, save for the removal of AM radio capability. Otherwise, it continues on unchanged over its 2022 model year predecessor.
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Mechanical
The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning powertrain lineup remains mostly unchanged from the 2022 model year, and all trims are outfitted with a Dual eMotor setup for four-wheel-drive. The electric pickup is offered with either a Standard Range (SR) or Extended Range (ER) battery pack. The SR configuration is rated at 452 horsepower (337 kW) and 775 pound-feet of torque for 240 miles of range, while the ER configuration offers 580 horsepower (433 kW) and 775 pound-feet of torque for 300 miles of range. The standard range battery received a ten miles boost for 2023.
Meanwhile, the the120V/240V mobile power cord is now a standalone option available across all trim levels, allowing owners of the electric pickup to plug it into almost any outlet to charge. Previously, this feature was standard across all trims for the 2022 model year, but supplier constraints prompted FoMoCo to now offer it as an optional extra.
As previously mentioned, 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning fleet models gain a few new LED strobe warning beacons made by SoundOff Signal in several colors. This includes Amber or Amber/White, which are available on Pro and XLT Fleet models, along with Red/Blue, which is exclusively available on Pro Fleet models.
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Packages
The Tow Technology Package (17V) now includes Pro Trailer Hitch Assist, which assists drivers in lining up the pickup’s hitch with that of the trailer. Previously, this feature was unavailable for the 2022 model year. As a reminder, the Tow Technology Package is optional on Pro, XLT and Lariat trims, while it is standard on Platinum. the Forward Sensing System, which is optional for Pro while standard for XLT, Lariat and Platinum trims, along with Pro Trailer Backup Assist, Pro Trailer Hitch Assist, Trailer Brake Controller and Trailer Reverse Guidance. However, two pieces of technology included in the package are currently constrained, including Smart Hitch and On-Board Scales.
Additionally, the Pro Special Service Vehicle (SSV) package is now available for Pro Fleet models. This package adds Red/White task lighting in the overhead console, along with a police-grade front seat with heavy duty cloth, a console with heavy duty cloth, and reduced bolster. It also adds an eight-way power adjustable driver seat and manual adjustable passenger seat, with built-in steel intrusion plates in both front seatbacks, along with a universal top tray in the center of the instrument panel for mounting aftermarket equipment.
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Availability
The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning is produced at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Production for the 2023 model year is expected to conclude in November 2023.
Comments
People enjoy AM radio and cds. Why deny them. Made them at lease a build in option.
No AM radio?
Deal breaker for me…
Oh they also forgot to mention the increase in price, don’t know why as RW pointed out they are in good financial health so it’s not like they need that extra profit
Dim once again demonstrating how dim is him.
Our local dealer had to buy two back already (quality issues) out of the small amount they sold. I heard the MachE was recently dropped by Consumer Reports due to poor quality. This CEO has completely destroyed a once great company. They won’t be able to get away from big trucks and Mustangs without going bankrupt and begging the Government for our tax dollars.
Another member of the K-street troll team pushing themes that involve things that didn’t happen, issues that likely aren’t relevant anymore, destruction exaggeration, and trying to make Grover’s Norquist wag with the bankrupt for dollars theme.
Such nonsense not supported by any discernible fact.
Not sure who can afford these trucks they cost so much. I’m hoping Ford can make the Maverick lightning for the normal people. At over 50k its just too expensive.
I have no specific inside info but I think what you are hoping for will come to pass in a few short years.
Can you pull a trailer from Monroe to the Upper Peninsula with an Electric truck without having to stop and find a place to charge the vehicle over 3-4 times?
Oh Mr Ben Dover,
If you would pull your head out and straighten up, you wouldn’t be dropping scenarios that are at the outer edge of the use case envelope.
You might just be happy for all the folks that love their Ford BEVs for their daily use case benefit, and don’t melt down at the thought of a bit more time charging on the occasional longer trip.
This whole towing distance thing is a red herring. The Lightning isn’t for everyone. It was never intended to be.
Hard agree Pat ! But the FUDsters try to misrepresent the use case to further their pro trollistic narratives.
what is new how about the PRICE !! the Pro was $39500, when it came out, order closed very fast window,could not order one ,now the pro is ONLY $ 53,000, the Maverick is bad enough it went up twice allready, and at 17 months we still dont have our order!
So did you order it at the lower price, or did you wait too long?
As they say, fortune, competition, inflation and showdowns favor the bold and the quick.
RWFA Reading your comment, I have the impression that you are hooked up to electricity.
Disconnect and understand that not everyone wants BEV
If Ford doesn’t have an ICE alternative, customers will simply go to the competition.
Is that what you care???
Oh Tomasz,
You got all that out of a capital X?
But seriously, if that’s the conclusion you draw after reading my comments on this one page, you need to go back to reading and basic thinking school.
Regarding the loss of customers opportunity cost by shifting from ICE to BEV, I think Ford’s pretty much aware where they are giving up something to gain something else.
Not only has Ford realized it can’t dance on every wedding, it’s decided there are some weddings not worth attending.
I love how RWFA is eating all these propaganda machine’s lunches. They all look so stupid. LOL
Thanks Chris! Appreciate the feedback.
Rock-on and have a great week!
Great info about the NTSB stating EVs are unsafe. Me and my husband found that statement after Googling it. Forwarded that to my sister, she has little kids as well so this benefits her too.
Oh boy, here’s K-street Kristen, following the standard playbook of being a female sockpuppet to amp her colleagues BSterling’s and know nothing John’s “ZOMG SAFETY!” theme for the female demographic.
Just more scripted nonsense from the troll team, who are moving off the “Ram and Toyota refused to do BEV” themes and are ramping up on the safety scare tactics (they’ve adapted their Big Tobacco and Big Oil 3-step Deny, Doubt, Delay and added in a culture wars approach to this BEV FUD play.). So absurdly transparent that they are trying to slow down Ford.
Dear readers please read my response to BSterling and know nothing John above.
Dude, the NTSB’s statement about EVs being unsafe is well documented all over the web. You are the one lying.
Hardly, Silly K-street Dude.
NTSB hardly cares about accelerated wear and tear on roads.
They are concerned about heavy vehicles hitting things.
This poses a risk to occupants in the heavy vehicle and to the things it hits (like other cars.)
We already have seen this a several times:
– in the late 60’s/early 70’s as average vehicles got heavier (response, door side beams, elimination of drop-in fuel tanks).
– in the 1990’s/early 00’s as SUV’s and light trucks became popular replacements for passcars (solutions to front structures on trucks to assure compatibility with smaller collision targets);
– similarly, small cars moved off mild-steel structures to more exotic high strength steels like Boron steel to make them more survivable. Such features were also included in the sides of cars to improve side impact resistance.
So it was, and so it will go.
I’m sorry you don’t know enough about the issue to realize you don’t know much about the issue (this problem of self perception is well explained by the Dunning-Kruger study.)
We ordered a diesel Ford Super Duty on X Plan this month. The skinny pants wearing youngster really tried talking us into a Lighting. I gave him a crooked look and told him I want a real truck. Then he tried to imply diesels are a pain to own. I informed him my current one has 248k reliable miles on it, and when the time comes I’ll rebuild the engine and keep it on the road another 17 years. There is a reason big rigs are diesel and not electric. Can’t fix stupid.
Wtf is your problem RWFA?
Also can’t seem to fix Big Oil sock puppetry.
– youngster (reverse ageism)
– skinny pants (probably a globalist)
– crooked look (no doubt practiced for years in case he meets George Soros)
– real truck (because for real men needing compensation, BEV can’t ever be real)
– pushing diesels are great (because it helps Big Oil lock in revenue for another vehicle life cycle).
– big rigs aren’t BEV false equivalence games (yeah, for the same reason they don’t call them light trucks, it’s a different use case).
Do yeah, this one gets rated as suspiciously like what a K-street bad faith tag team FUDster troll would write even though it expands upon the basic script.
“The skinny pants wearing youngster” lol. Oh my that’s classic. And he tried to talk you into a lightning?? Because he had so many of them on the lot?? Gimme a break. Also, if ev’s aren’t profitable as you guys are saying why would he steer you away from selling you a profitable truck and towards a lightning which he obviously doesn’t even have one to sell. You guys are absolutely pathetic but entertaining nonetheless.
Diesels will continue to be the future thankfully. Extremely popular.
Big Oil is planting the seeds of diesel suggestion for those motivated to react by FOMO that unless they buy a diesel they won’t have a popular truck.
They want to do this because it locks in revenues for st least one more vehicle cycle.
Their sociopathic greed is indecent and knows no boundaries.
That’s a bit of a stretch. It was ultimately big oil/coal that killed the diesel “2015 year of the diesel”, because the efficiency that it would bring during a glut in gas prices would’ve hurt the industry. Big oil prefers gas trucks.
We have to dispense over 1,000 gallons of Round Up weed killer twice a week. Our diesel light trucks are able to haul that, Lighting can’t. Diesels are here for good.
How do you know that Lightnings aren’t up to the job of helping you create the next generation of herbicide resistant super weeds?
Hmm… i sold my diesel to go electric. Used to be a roll coal or die fan, but now i roll coal in my WV coal powered EV. I support the mines, AND don’t have to smell diesel, or change oil, or listen to the noisy engine. My enlarged prostate doesn’t support 700 mile drives without stopping anymore, so i don’t mind the charging. I definitely love walking out to a warm car with the press of a button too. And who in their right mind doesn’t want 580HP and 80mpg!?