Ford has trademarked the identify “F-150 Flash,” hinting that one more model of the best-selling pickup truck is likely to be on the way in which.
A trademark software first noticed by CarBuzz was filed with the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) on June 16. It was filed below Worldwide Class 12, which covers “cars, pickup vans, electrical automobiles, sport utility automobiles, and their structural components.”
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The inclusion of F-150 within the identify confirms a variant of the pickup truck, whereas Flash connotes one thing associated to the all-electric F-150 Lightning. Point out a “flash of lightning” and other people immediately know what you are speaking about.
As CarBuzz notes, Ford teased a quicker Lightning earlier this yr in the course of the announcement of its Components 1 partnership with Crimson Bull Racing. Ford can be Crimson Bull’s know-how associate starting in 2026, when new guidelines take impact, however the partnership can even prolong to highway automobiles—together with the Lightning.
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Ford first teased the Lightning efficiency idea in a graphic displaying EV efficiency idea automobiles, together with the Mustang Mach-E 1400, the electrical Supervan that raced on the Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb, and a 1978 F100 electrical restomod. Additionally proven was a Lightning-shaped define marked “coming quickly.”
Ford did not initially connect the Lightning identify to this yet-to-be-revealed idea, however per week after that tease CEO Jim Farley tweeted a photograph of himself and then-Crimson Bull reserve driver (now AlphaTauri race driver) Daniel Ricciardo pulling again the duvet on a excessive efficiency Lightning idea. Ford hasn’t mentioned when the idea can be revealed, however now we at the least have one chance of what it is going to be referred to as.
