New pickup has 5 distinctive options

Ford Motor unveiled its new F-150 pickup Thursday night time with some shocking new options designed for worksites in addition to tailgate events.

Listed here are 5 distinctive issues you must know in regards to the 2021 F-150:

Ford is providing the car with an built-in energy generator that it is calling “Professional Energy Onboard.”

The generator will come commonplace on a brand new hybrid mannequin of the car. It additionally will probably be provided on different gasoline-powered vehicles.

The generator works by taking vitality from an onboard lithium-ion battery. The car’s engine could should be on to help in charging the battery. It will also be used to recharge issues corresponding to instruments whereas the car is in movement.

The ability output varies primarily based on the generator, however listed here are some Ford-provided samples of what the totally different methods will be capable of energy:

The 2021 F-150 will probably be among the many first automobiles together with the Mustang Mach-E crossover to supply Ford’s new hands-free driving system for divided freeway.

The “Lively Drive Help” system will be capable of management a car’s pace, braking and steering by means of a system of cameras, radar and different sensors on 100,000 miles of pre-mapped divided highways within the U.S. and Canada.

Clients can buy a pickup with the {hardware} for the system later this yr, however they must wait till the third quarter of 2021 to make use of the expertise.

Ford plans to launch software program at the moment to allow the expertise through a distant, or over-the-air, replace. It will also be put in at a dealership.

Auto corporations, significantly Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep model, are more and more including hidden design components generally generally known as “Easter eggs” to new automobiles.

The 2021 Ford F-150 has no less than three. On all automobiles for U.S. prospects, an American flag is etched into the inside of the instrument panels close to the driving force and passenger doorways. It is a delicate jab at pickups from its crosstown rivals Basic Motors and Fiat Chrysler, each of which produce a few of their pickups in Mexico; Ford doesn’t.

“You will note it each time you open a door,” Ehab Kaoud, Ford chief designer of North America vehicles. “It’s a reminder that each F-150 is assembled within the U.S. of A.”

Different particular design components on particular person fashions embrace F-150 King Ranch fashions embrace an etching of the primary such mannequin on the instrument panel. XLT Sport fashions embrace a map of Detroit on the door.

“It symbolizes a way of satisfaction of the place this car was designed,” Kaoud mentioned. “And the map additionally symbolizes an exploration of recent locations.”

New tie-downs on the tailgate of the car additionally double as bottle house owners.

The 2021 F-150 options new inside and exterior designs, further storage and 6 out there engine choices, together with a 3.0-liter diesel and three.5-liter “PowerBoost” hybrid V6 engine. All engines are paired with a 10-speed automated transmission.

Ford mentioned the brand new hybrid mannequin is focused to realize roughly 700 miles on a single tank of gasoline and ship no less than 12,000 kilos of accessible most towing. That is consistent with or higher than present fashions with V6 engines.

Ford expects the hybrid mannequin — its “most premium powertrain” — to account for about 10% of gross sales. That compares with its “EcoBoost” V6 engines, which presently account for about 60% of gross sales.

An all-electric F-150 is predicted someday within the subsequent two years — consistent with or barely later than new electrical pickups from GM,  Tesla and start-up producer Rivian.

Ford Chief Working Officer Jim Farley on CNBC’s “Squawk Field” on Friday promised the upcoming all-electric pickup “is a spectacular product.”

On the inside of the 2021 Ford F-150, it is all about storage and optimizing area.

One of the vital distinctive options is  a stowable gear shifter that permits for a flat floor between the passenger and driver for laptops or different wants corresponding to signing paperwork.

A couple of third of truck prospects usually use their laptops of their pickups, in accordance with Ford. 

Each entrance seats can also fold almost 180 levels to permit for extra snug sleeping preparations, Ford mentioned.

“We all know that our prospects spend a lot of their days and typically their nights within the car,” mentioned Craig Schmatz, chief engineer of the F-150. “We wished to actually enhance the performance for them to be extra productive within the cab in addition to extra snug.”