When the F-150 Lightning was revealed, Ford made promises about how much power and torque the truck would have, how much payload you could carry, and a number of other things. The reveal was during the pandemic, and Ford wasn’t able to have the normal launch party it usually has, but the company got a shot at a better in-person celebration when the vehicle went into customer hands, but one key detail got lost in the shuffle: Ford actually beat its original estimates and delivered more capability to customers than it had promised.
