I drove the Ford F-150 Lightning 100 miles off the grid — here's my verdict

I’m driving down a quiet highway in Ford’s 2025 F-150 Lightning with the windows down, snacks in the frunk, a clear view of cattle across acres of ranches and what seems like no other people for miles.

Well, I should clarify that the truck is actually driving itself. And maybe a $82,000 electric ride sounds a little delicate for the dusty grandeur of North Central Texas. But after spending a few days with the F-150 Lightning, it turned out to be the thing that empowered this city girl to go off grid and embrace cowboy core for a night.

Leaving the city behind

BlueCruise was a game-changer on the long stretches of empty highway out from Fort Worth to Rough Creek Ranch in Glen Rose, TX. I leaned back (into massage chairs, no less) and let the truck handle the journey through adaptive crui