Those are helpful comments. I had to read up on how the credit worked, and it does not start to roll off until two quarters after the manufacturer hits 200k units delivered. So if they ship EV 199,999 on June 30th and on July 1st they ship their 200,000th EV, buyers receive the full credit for...
I am also wave 5. I generally have no problem waiting for what I want, and the price is a no-brainer, but I am concerned that the powered running boards will effectively cost me a lot more than $255 if I lose out on the full tax credit by delaying my delivery.
It's not a bad price compared to a Model S.
I'm 5'11" on a good day, so it would probably be a bit more of a hassle getting in and out without any boards at all. I do wonder what the impact to range will be for fixed vs. powered vs. no boards, and what Ford will do the EPA test with. Tire and...
Anyone have a truck without any running boards at all? How is ingress/egress? My current truck doesn't have them, but it's also just a midsize with just under 8 inches of ground clearance.
Yes, I drove a '21 PB a couple months ago to get an idea of the features I wanted on the Lightning. The powered running boards made it to the the list of wants. You're right that the noise is a little annoying, but fixed boards are ugly to me and are probably worth a couple percentage points...
While checking out the build configurator yesterday I noticed that all trucks are only offered with fixed running boards. I noticed one person on the big order thread asked their dealer to add them to the order manually which is what I might do. Or are they somehow not compatible with the...