The Ford F-150 Lightning Flash joined the EV pickup’s lineup for the 2024 model year, giving customers a model that’s packed with all the tech goodies they prefer and the extended range battery that offers 320 miles of range at a more reasonable price than fancier trims like the Lariat or Platinum. However, that list didn’t previously include any sort of upgraded seat materials, as the Flash originally launched with cloth seats – though with the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash, that’s no longer the case.
The 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash now comes with ActiveX seating as standard, according to sources familiar with the matter, which is a high-end synthetic seating material that doesn’t contain any animal material like leather. Ford notes that ActiveX is also easier to clean, resistant to staining, and more durable than leather, and adds that it maintains a premium look and feel over time rather than degrading as well.
This is just one of a few changes in store for the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning, as Ford Authority has reported in recent weeks, however. For starters, the 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning lineup will drop its previously-standard eLocking rear axle, which is now part of the optional Max Trailer Tow Package.
The 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning lineup has also dropped its formerly-standard (on the XLT and up) SecuriCode keypad, instead making it a dealer-installed option, which is the case with several Blue Oval models these days. Additionally, the 2025 F-150 Lightning will ditch its standard spare tire, replacing it with the Tire Inflator and Seal Kit, though the spare has become an optional upgrade. For the 2024 model year, a spare tire was included as standard equipment across the entire F-150 Lightning lineup.
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A truck without a spare tire, that has to be a first.
Active X means plastic seats, cheap vinyl plastic no leather. This is so typical of for everything they produce is trash.
Seems like they took away more than they added. I was hoping they would have added the NACS plug. I read they are adding the adapter if you buy the charger.