Ford’s contemporary F-150 is its first with a hybrid V6 engine

The F-150 is an iconic automobile — that’s why Elon Musk targeted it whereas unveiling Tesla’s Cybertruck — and tonight Ford’s taking the wraps off of its most smartly-liked iteration. Alongside with being the “most connected” F-150 ever, this 2021 model also marks the debut of a hybrid powertrain, with a 3.5L twin-turbocharged V6 that’s paired to a 35-kilowatt electric motor within the transmission.

Ford is focusing on an EPA estimated 700 miles of vary for the PowerBoost hybrid model, that can well advance with a 1.5-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery. Fixed with mavens, they also demand this could well well supply “best in all probability-in-class torque and towing functionality that can well pull potentialities over from their actual V8s and gas-best in all probability V6 EcoBoost devices. It’s the principle most essential automaker to give a plump-hybrid vitality possibility on its plump-dimension truck, as in opposition to calm-hybrid setups we’ve considered from GM and Ram.