How much does it cost to charge a Ford Lightning?

A full charge for a 2022–2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Extended Range costs about $27.65 at home, at the US average residential electricity rate of 18¢/kWh. Filling up the same car costs $18.97 in Idaho, the cheapest state, and $51.07 in California — your own rate decides it.

That full charge draws roughly 154 kWh from the wall and buys 320 miles of EPA-rated range — about $0.086 a mile.

What it costs at three real electricity rates

Your rate is the only input that really moves this number, so here is the same car at three real ones — the cheapest state, the national average, and the most expensive large mainland market.

Hawaii is higher still at 52¢ — a 4.2:1 spread from the cheapest state to the dearest. EPA figures checked September 2026; electricity rates checked August 2026.

What it costs per mile

A Ford F-150 Lightning costs about $0.086 a mile to charge at home at the US average electricity rate, or $8.64 per 100 miles. That is energy only — the EPA rates this car at 48 kWh per 100 miles measured at the wall socket, so charging losses are already inside the figure and should not be added again.

Per mile is the number that survives a change of car: it does not care about battery size, so it is the only fair way to line this car up against one with a much bigger or smaller pack.

What it adds to your electricity bill

Charging a Ford F-150 Lightning at home adds about $86 a month to your electricity bill at the US average rate, driving 12,000 miles a year. That is the yearly cost of $1,037 spread evenly across twelve months — a month with a road trip in it costs more, and a quiet one costs less.

Nothing else on the bill changes: the car draws the same kilowatt-hours whatever else is running in the house, so the increase is the charging and nothing more.

At the cheapest state rate the same driving adds $59 a month, and $160 at the most expensive — the table above has all three. If your utility offers an overnight or time-of-use rate, charging on it lands at the low end rather than the middle.

Where the numbers come from

The EPA rates this Extended Range at 48 kWh per 100 miles with 320 miles of combined range. Those two figures together give the energy for a full charge, which is where the 154 kWh above comes from.

We work it out that way rather than quoting a battery size on purpose. Manufacturers publish gross capacity, which includes a buffer at each end of the pack that never takes a charge, so a cost built on it overstates your bill. And the EPA measures at the wall socket rather than at the battery, so charging losses are already inside the figure — no need to add them, and adding them would count the same loss twice.

What this means for this car

The F-150 Lightning is a full-size pickup, and it runs like one: at 48 kWh per 100 miles the Extended Range truck draws nearly twice the energy of a Tesla Model Y for every mile. This page covers the 2022 to 2025 model years. fueleconomy.gov has no 2026 Lightning record, and the figures never moved in the four years it does list: every Extended Range truck, including the 2025 ER1 and the work-spec Pro, is rated 48 with 320 miles of range. For a truck line the trim spread is narrow. The 2025 ER2 is the most efficient Lightning at 47, with 300 miles. The Standard Range is rated 49 on its smaller battery, covering 240 miles (230 on a 2022). The Platinum is the thirstiest at 51 with 300 miles, about 6% more energy per mile than the truck in this table. Keep in mind what the rating measures: an unladen truck. A loaded bed or a trailer adds weight and drag, and every mile drawn that way costs more than the EPA figure says. Among the electric pickups here it sits between the Cybertruck at 43 and the Hummer EV at 64.

How it compares

All at 18¢/kWh and 12,000 miles a year. The gas comparison is illustrative — it is not a claim about any particular car.

Figures are for the 2022–2025 Ford F-150 Lightning Extended Range. Other trims of the same car are rated differently — see above. How these figures are calculated.