Ford files for Maverick Lightning, Ranger Lightning trademarks

Ford is riding high on the immediate success of its recent vehicle releases. The Maverick and F-150 Lightning trucks are both sold out and in high demand, but there’s more in store for the next few years. A recent trademark filing demonstrates the automaker’s electric intentions for two pickup trucks, the Maverick and Ranger. Ford applied to trademark “Maverick Lightning” and “Ranger Lightning,” meaning we’re more than a little likely to see electric versions of both trucks shortly.

The Maverick is just a year old, and the Ranger is due for a full update in the coming months, but Ford is looking ahead. CarBuzz recently uncovered the trademark applications, filed by The Blue Oval, that confirm what we already (mostly) knew: The Ford Maverick and Ranger are going electric, and they’ll wear the Lightning badge, just like the big-brother F-150.

Ford CEO Jim Farley already let the cat partially out of the bag. Last year, he hinted that an electric Maverick is something he’d like to see. The big tease for new electric trucks came earlier this year at the F-150 Lightning reveal. At the event, Farley said Ford was working on an electric pickup “different from the F-150.”