19:08 16-12-2025

Ford ends F-150 Lightning after 2025, shifts to hybrids as Tesla’s Cybertruck stands alone

Ford has decided to end production of the fully electric F-150 Lightning after the 2025 model year, shifting its focus to hybrids and range-extended models that rely on a gasoline generator. In effect, the company is stepping away from the arena of large pure-electric pickups, where the Lightning went head-to-head with Tesla’s Cybertruck and, at times, even managed to outpace it in sales. The move reads as a pragmatic recalibration in a segment where costs still bite.

With one heavyweight bowing out, Tesla stands to gain. Cybertruck remains virtually the only full-size electric pickup on the U.S. market without an internal-combustion engine, a proposition likely to draw both private buyers and fleet operators committed to going fully electric. At the same time, Ford’s pivot underscores how hard it remains for traditional automakers to scale up big EVs and make them pay off—a reminder that ambition in this class still has to wrestle with the realities of manufacturing and margins.