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What the heck weighs so much? It's a 1.5kWh lithium-ion battery, motor and inverter. Tesla's 75kWh packs weigh a bit over 1000lb, and a third gen Prius battery is 1.3kWh and weighs 93lb.The PowerBoost has more peak torque than the H.O., but it’s still down 20HP. The main issue is that the PowerBoost option adds 600lbs to a standard F-150 3.5 SuperCrew. On a Raptor, the curb weight would climb from 5700lbs to 6300lbs, which is of course is detrimental to high speed off road use. The PowerBoost option is also not compatible with the 36 gallon fuel tank, as the battery occupies that space. So you’d end up with a more expensive, much heavier, less capable off-road truck with less range. As good as the F-150 PowerBoost is, that powertrain just doesn’t fit the Raptor’s use case.
Looked at the weight info here and it's about 600lb as you said: https://media.ford.com/content/dam/...2021/f150/pdfs/2021-F-150-Technical-Specs.pdf
Figured it must be "if you get Powerboost you have to get a bunch of luxury options"...but nope, you can build a 2wd crew cab XL with *ONLY* the Powerboost as an option.