Millennium Falcon-Like Ford F-150 Lightning Successor

The car will be released in 2025

Ford CEO Jim Farley said the company’s next electric pickup truck (the successor to the Ford F-150 Lightning) will look like the Millennium Falcon. It’s about a spaceship from the Star Wars universe, captained by Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford.

Ford has announced that it plans to follow the F-150 Lightning to create a new electric vehicle that will go into production in 2025. There are few details about the second generation, but it is known that it is codenamed Project T3. T3 stands for Trust the Truck.

Ford says that in addition to improving the current Lightning’s range and towing capabilities, the next-generation pickup will be “fully upgradeable and continually improved.” These types of features are expected to be made possible by the new electric platform and enhanced over-the-air (OTA) update availability.

Millennium Falcon-Like Ford F-150 Lightning Successor

Ford’s second electric pickup truck will be built at the $5.6 billion Blue Oval City plant. The new state-of-the-art campus also features a battery manufacturing plant, set up in partnership with energy company SK Innovation. This plant will allow Ford to produce up to 500,000 electric pickups a year at peak performance.

Ford previously said the company is forecasting a $3 billion loss from electric vehicle sales in 2023. The increase in losses is partly due to the company’s large investments in its facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as the money it spends on alternative battery chemistries. In doing so, Ford understands that this is part of the process of expanding the division of electric vehicles, and will continue to increase production of Lightning and Mustang Mach-E.

Earlier this month, Ford said it hopes to produce 150,000 Lightnings annually by the end of this year.