Ford confirms that reservations for the F-150 Lightning have surpassed 160,000

Ford Motor Company confirmed that reservations for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck have surpassed 160,000, less than six months after its debut. The U.S. automaker has been accepting $100 refundable reservations for the vehicle since its unveiling. Ford has seen a high level of consumer interest, bagging 20,000 reservations on the first day, 44,000 by the end of the second day and 120,000 by the end of June. In a second-quarter earnings call in June, CEO Jim Farley said that nearly 75% of those customers were new to Ford. He added that around 40% of people were planning on trading in an internal combustion engine truck, which “it indicates a move a little bit faster to full-size truck [battery electric vehicles] than maybe our optimistic assumptions,” he said.

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Ford Motor Company confirmed that reservations for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck have surpassed 160,000, less than six months after its debut. The U.S. automaker has been accepting $100 refundable reservations for the vehicle since its unveiling. Ford has seen a high level of consumer interest, bagging 20,000 reservations on the first day, 44,000 by the end of the second day and 120,000 by the end of June. In a second-quarter earnings call in June, CEO Jim Farley said that nearly 75% of those customers were new to Ford. He added that around 40% of people were planning on trading in an internal combustion engine truck, which “it indicates a move a little bit faster to full-size truck [battery electric vehicles] than maybe our optimistic assumptions,” he said.

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Ford Motor Company confirmed that reservations for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck have surpassed 160,000, less than six months after its debut. The U.S. automaker has been accepting $100 refundable reservations for the vehicle since its unveiling. Ford has seen a high level of consumer interest, bagging 20,000 reservations on the first day, 44,000 by the end of the second day and 120,000 by the end of June. In a second-quarter earnings call in June, CEO Jim Farley said that nearly 75% of those customers were new to Ford. He added that around 40% of people were planning on trading in an internal combustion engine truck, which “it indicates a move a little bit faster to full-size truck [battery electric vehicles] than maybe our optimistic assumptions,” he said.

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160,000 orders but the range of confirmation numbers goes from about 10800000 to 11300000, or about 500,000. Anyone have an explanation?

 

[Aj67]

160,000 orders but the range of confirmation numbers goes from about 10800000 to 11300000, or about 500,000. Anyone have an explanation?

Supposedly it includes all car orders in those number banks, Broncos, Mach E, etc…