The Pro, being a work truck, has vinyl seats, whereas the XLT has cloth. That’s $7,500 more than the Pro, and it buys you additional standard equipment that includes the BoxLink cargo management system, 360-degree cameras, the distinctive Lightning front lighting, running boards, heated side mirrors, cabin fold-out work surface and more. It's a step above the basic Lightning Pro work truck, with the 2022 XLT starting at $54,769 including the $1,795 destination fee. We’ve written a lot about Ford’s EV truck, but this is the first XLT we’ve gotten our hands on for more than a few minutes. Only in the past five or six years have Western Washington summer skies been choked with wildfire smoke. I’ve lived in the Northwest for nearly 40 years. It's a reminder why the auto industry is transitioning to EVs in the first place. EVs, the cars of the apocalypse!Īuthorities say the Bolt Creek fire appears to have been caused by humans, rather than by lightning - just as mankind has had a hand in creating the hot, dry climate conditions that feed the flames. Helens trashed a lot of vehicles that ingested its ashfall. Which made me realize one weird advantage of EVs that maybe no one has considered before: If ever another volcano blows around here - Rainier, Baker, Glacier Peak, take your pick, we've got plenty - electric cars don’t have engine air filters and internals to foul. The F-150 Lightning got sprinkled with falling ash, which stood out against its dark Antimatter Blue paint. As of this writing, the Bolt Creek fire has burned more than 13,000 acres, is far from contained, and a pall of smoke has hung over the Seattle area for weeks. This eased as we headed north, away from the fire. The peaks were shrouded in smoke, and at one point in the afternoon the sky glowed an ominous red. The Bolt Creek fire was not close enough to be a direct threat, but the normal restorative dose of crisp mountain air and clear vistas on a backcountry outing wasn’t going to be possible. That’s about 20 miles south of where we were on the Mountain Loop. This being late summer/early fall in the Northwest, a wildfire had sprung up overnight along U.S. But on this day, what we avoided spewing from a tailpipe was negligible compared to what else was happening around us. The absence of emissions from the truck would normally help us feel one with nature out here among the rocks and trees. The sign also made us realize we were enjoying this Saturday afternoon lap of the Mountain Loop Highway in the North Cascades in a leave-no-trace vehicle: a 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning XLT. The sign in the Verlot Ranger Station explained to visitors an important backcountry rule, and it answered the question of why Sasquatch remains so elusive: “Bigfoot’s been doing it for years: Leave no trace.”
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