CrunchGear - Sigh. Another crossover. Nearly every manufacturer makes at least a couple. So Ford did something that would have been unthinkable for the company just five years ago. They pushed the Edge away from the norm. The exterior sheet metal went from pedestrian to radical. The interior no longer looks like every other Ford model. This is what’s called risky innovation. The result is a love it or hate design — both inside in and out.
The F-150 Lightning Platinum Black trim might just be a goofy special edition, but its lofty price is antithetical to Ford's messaging. And it's not the only EV maker at fault.
The weekend-long electric car festival in New York allowed us to try – before we buy – our next EV from brands like BMW, Toyota, Ford, Volvo, and more.
The Ford Lightning electric truck might be teeming with tech, but at the end of the day, it's still an F-150 – and that's a good thing.
