Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup is getting already getting a police bundle makeover. Dubbed the Professional SSV, the law-enforcement Lightning will get a police-spec inside revamp that features mounting choices for up-fitting, seat coverings that may stand up to publicity to bodily fluids and, in fact, an all-electric powertrain that gives low-maintenance operation for municipalities.
“Ford has been offering police departments with the autos they should defend and serve communities for greater than 70 years,” Ford’s announcement mentioned. “Presently, Ford Professional clients embody greater than 12,000 police departments throughout the nation and its police car lineup outsells all different police autos mixed. The corporate attributes this success and buyer loyalty to the automaker’s shut collaboration with its clients, particularly the Ford Police Advisory Board.”
Beneath the generic exterior decals and customized gentle bar, the SSV contains heavy-duty fabric entrance seats paired with vinyl within the rear for straightforward clean-up, pre-installed metal intrusion plates within the entrance seatbacks, and a strengthened heart console elements designed to simply accept varied subject tools and upgrades. Ford additionally touts the Lightning’s frunk as an answer for safe storage that does not intrude into mattress house and might be geared up with a 220-amp DC energy supply. The corporate says the SSV is meant to behave as a assist car (versus pursuit), so towing/hauling are anticipated to be a part of the deal.
The SSV relies on the Lightning Professional, which affords 452 horsepower and 775 pound-feet of torque with its commonplace battery or 580 hp and 775 lb.-ft. with the extended-range battery. The usual mannequin affords 7,700 kilos of towing capability and a pair of,235 kilos of most payload; the extended-range battery ups max towing to 10,000 kilos.
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