Ford has trademarked the identify “F-150 Flash,” hinting that one more model of the best-selling pickup truck may be on the best way.

A trademark software first noticed by CarBuzz was filed with america Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) on June 16. It was filed underneath Worldwide Class 12, which covers “cars, pickup vans, electrical automobiles, sport utility automobiles, and their structural elements.”

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The inclusion of F-150 within the identify confirms a variant of the pickup truck, whereas Flash connotes one thing associated to the all-electric F-150 Lightning. Point out a “flash of lightning” and other people immediately know what you are speaking about.

As CarBuzz notes, Ford teased a sooner Lightning earlier this 12 months throughout the announcement of its System 1 partnership with Red Bull Racing. Ford can be Purple Bull’s expertise accomplice starting in 2026, when new guidelines take impact, however the partnership may even prolong to street automobiles—together with the Lightning.

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Ford first teased the Lightning performance concept in a graphic exhibiting EV efficiency idea automobiles, together with the Mustang Mach-E 1400, the electric Supervan that raced on the Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb, and a 1978 F100 electric restomod. Additionally proven was a Lightning-shaped define marked “coming quickly.”

Ford did not initially connect the Lightning identify to this yet-to-be-revealed idea, however per week after that tease CEO Jim Farley tweeted a photograph of himself and then-Purple Bull reserve driver (now AlphaTauri race driver) Daniel Ricciardo pulling again the quilt on a high performance Lightning concept. Ford hasn’t stated when the idea can be revealed, however now we no less than have one risk of what it is going to be known as.