In most driving situations it’s smooth as butter, but a few times, when the transmission was cold or driven hard, the power handoff from the electric motor and the 1-2 and 2-3 shifts were rough enough to shake the driveline. Mash the accelerator and the F-150 Hybrid will throw you back into the seat. The F-150’s power comes on quickly with instant torque from the electric motor as the two turbos quickly spool to life. That’s more than the outgoing Raptor and everything else on the market other than the 20 TRX and its supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 and 702 hp. A 1.5-kwh lithium-ion battery pack juices an electric motor that’s sandwiched in the 10-speed transmission, taking total output to 430 hp and 570 lb-ft of torque. The twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 spits out 400 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque on its own. It can’t power the truck on battery power alone, unlike the F-150 Hybrid. The 20 is available as a mild hybrid that boosts torque off the line or smooths out the start-stop system. Maybe having your cake and eating it too isn’t the best idea long term? At least put smoother, more powerful motors in these things. A column-mounted shifter like the one found on lesser trim F-150s would solve this gear selector problem, though McKenzie told The Car Connection that Ford’s customer research showed a console-mounted shifter was preferred. Both these power features make rather unpleasant noises on a truck that costs $70,960.
The power tailgate will go back up at the push of a button, but the motor pulling it back into place sounds as if it’s working for dear life. But the power-folding gear selector motor sounded strained on my test truck, and the motor sounds like a bunch of marbles being thrown around a tumbler. The work surface is textured in a way that allows ballpoint pens to write on paper on it. My F-150 Lariat tester had the $165 interior work surface option that has the gear selector collapse into the console at the touch of a button, allowing the center console armrest to fold out to create a large work surface. You can’t beat that, and no other truck for sale today can either. Turbocharged non-hybrid models can be had with a 2-kw system for $995. The F-150 Hybrid Lariat costs $1,900 extra over the non-hybrid F-150 Lariat with a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 engine and comes standard with a 2.4-kw generator.
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A stand-alone Honda generator that produces over 2 kw costs more than $1,500. That price is laughably low if you’ve ever shopped for a generator. Hybrid models can be optioned with a 7.2-kw generator with four 120-volt, 20-amp outlets, and a twist-lock NEMA L6-20 240-volt, 30-amp outlet for $750. The 2021 Ford F-150 is effectively a rolling generator and that’s why someone can choose it over the competition without a second thought.
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