F-150 LIGHTNING SWITCHGEAR
Sshhhh. Do you hear that? The whisper on the breeze? That’s the sound of progress. It’s nonsense really, of course – we all know nowadays that powerful EVs aren’t whisper-quiet, they make all sorts of whistling and whirring noises, it’s like a magnificent production by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop creating sounds of alien spaceships from 1960s sci-fi. And with the F-150 Lightning Switchgear, those wonderfully weird noises are augmented by scattered gravel, dry mud torn asunder, the whoosh-pause-thump of hard launches and harder landings over jumps that look like they should be physically impossible. This is a toy, but it’s also deadly serious.
There’s a supremely logical purpose to this concept truck too. You see, when the apocalypse comes – andpolitical and environmental mayhem we’ve wreaked upon the planet in recent years, it’s surely on its way – it might be a good idea to have an escape plan in place. Canned goods, bottled water, perhaps some manner of corrugated steel arrangement to hide under, plus of course some gnarly weaponry to fend off the four horseman as they gallop past and try to harvest your soul. Naturally, the most important thing will be to ensure that you have some form of unstoppable vehicle, an ineffably sturdy and rugged set of wheels to help you bound across the scorched and rutted earth at high speed. Now, Hollywood’s had a fair crack at guessing what type of postapocalyptic vehicle might do the trick; Mad Max swore by a Ford Falcon, but we’d suggest something with a bit more ground clearance. How about the 12-wheeled Landmaster from the obscure 1977 flick ? No, that’s taking things a bit too far. What you need, really, is this fresh-for-2024 F-150.
