15:46 29-08-2025

F-150 Lightning SuperTruck runs 6:43 at Nürburgring, shaping Ford’s next EVs

Ford keeps making noise at the legendary Nürburgring. After the Transit SuperVan’s standout showing, it was the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck’s turn. The electric pickup conquered the Green Hell in 6 minutes 43.482 seconds—fifth-fastest among prototypes in the track’s history and seventh overall.

That puts the F-150 ahead of the Mercedes-AMG Black Series, the Corvette ZR1, and even the new Ford Mustang GTD. Its lap was only fractions of a second shy of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS Manthey. For a heavy electric pickup, that’s a sensational benchmark and a clear sign of how far this format has come.

For Ford, 2025 is shaping up as a landmark year: in May, the Mustang GTD reset the company’s best to 6:52, then the SuperVan eclipsed the Corvette ZR1X. Now the SuperTruck has kept the blue oval at the top of global headlines.

Why pour resources into these experiments? Mark Rushbrook, who leads Ford Performance, says Nürburgring development feeds directly into real-world tech for production cars. He noted that the aerodynamic solutions that let the truck carry speed through corners should also make the F-150 Lightning more efficient on the highway, and that the systems keeping the batteries in their sweet spot under load would prove useful in stop-and-go city traffic. It’s a savvy way to turn lap-time bravado into road-car gains.

The company adds that the know-how from SuperVan and SuperTruck will underpin Ford’s next mass-market electric platform. That architecture is set to form the basis of an affordable pickup due in 2027, with pricing targeted around $30,000—roughly what today’s base Maverick costs.