...no way

Is it happening?

 

Unfortunately no, it's a glitch with the site. I have one on reservation but also recently ordered a 22 hybrid. Somehow it's crossing the two in the system. Just thought it was funny...

 

Article that just showed up on the news today:

Sorry, you weren't lightning-quick enough.

Ford has stopped accepting reservations for the upcoming F-150 Lightning pickup to prepare to begin converting the ones it has into orders before production kicks off next spring.

Reservation holders are also being informed that they' weill be able to start placing orders in January, but that some may not be fulfilled until after the 2022 model year, according to Ford Authority.

A brand spokeswoman told Fox News Autos "Ford will communicate when the non-reservation holders have the opportunity to place orders in a later model year."

Ford CEO Jim Farley told Automotive News this week that the automaker has received nearly 200,000 reservations for the all-electric truck and expects around 80% of those to generate sales.

Farley said Ford is working to increase its production capacity for the truck, which is about half of what the current demand is.

The F-150 Lightning is available in several trims with prices ranging from just under $40,000 to over $90,000, while two battery sizes will be offered providing estimated ranges of 230 miles and 300 miles per charge.

 

Too bad there's no demand for electric vehicles.

 

the only not in demand EV is found in the minds of BUT MUH V8, It cant tow my 35Ft travel trailer from Florida to California on one charge, It has a frunk forget that people.

 

The demand is so small, Ford had to cap pre-orders at 150,000, and doubled their initial production capacity to 80,000 units per year.

Yeah, this electric vehicle nonsense is going nowhere.

 

Let's not mention they announced they'd further increase that production number, but know they can't get the batteries for them.

 

I think in a few years we are going to run into raw material bottlenecks with production of current Li-Ion battery tech. The rate at which companies are currently trying to adopt rechargeable tech is insane. Hopefully they are accelerating some of the new tech that shows good promise using more widely available and safer elements.

 

There is a lot more research into recycling and safe materials than there ever was for ICE powerplants.
As far as battery supplies, how many phones are made each year? How about LiIon tools? Now there are lawn tools, hand tools, saws, power banks, etc. Not to mention household backup batteries and power grid storage.
I think we'll be OK as those resources are further developed and recycling cranks up.
Yes each phone has one battery but batteries in cars last much longer and can be used for other purposes after that before they are recycled.

 

I still don't expect recycling to phase in fast enough to keep up with demand for raw materials in the short term. The batteries in vehicles may last for a half decade or more, but the sheer amount of battery that goes into each vehicle is multiple orders of magnitude greater than what is used by phones and drills.