Posted on 08/11/2022 7:10:29 AM PDT by logi_cal869
The Ford Motor Co. plan was to use its installed base of millions of gasoline-powered F-150s as a large pool of potential buyers for its electric F-150 Lightning. The Lightning was competitively priced, which means it had another advantage. Some of the support of Ford’s share price was based on this strategy, as the leading edge of the transformation of the company into an electric vehicle (EV) powerhouse. Sharp increases in the price of the Lightning may undermine those plans.
Ford’s public relations executives like to bury bad news in their press releases. A prime example is the latest one, which yells, “FORD F-150 LIGHTNING STANDARD RANGE INCREASED TO EPA-ESTIMATED 240 MILES; INDUSTRY-FIRST PRO TRAILER HITCH ASSIST NOW AVAILABLE; ORDER BANKS RE-OPEN WITH UPDATED PRICING.” The practice is embarrassing. The important part of the news was that the price of the pickup would rise by thousands of dollars because of component costs.
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These vehicles will be sold to utilities and guys who use them for trades, but don’t have to pull a load and the truck sits most of the day.
Make The Fey Wray use an Electric Airplane to fly to the Adirondacks for his vacations.
I'm on my 4th Ford truck. 3 F150s and a '78 Bronco. I'm in their proposed "pool" and can assure you I will never own an electric truck. Or car. Or motorcycle.
Make no mistake, GSA is pushing EVs into the fedgov fleet, just like France did (but at several times the per-unit cost, I’d guess). Although... it’s likely that a federal office building or two might burn down because of the battery issues these things have. That would be a shame.
You raise a good point. A business is going to do a cost benefit analysis before buying them. I live in central Illinois. While out driving around I see business pickup trucks from all around the state on local highways. Those vehicles aren't candidates to be switched over too EVs. Back in the day when I was working in IT, our Dell repair rep was stationed out of the Springfield area. He had a fairly big area to cover and an EV wouldn't be suitable even now.
Yeah I’ll go ahead and keep my 2002 Extended cab six-cylinder Ford ranger. Paid off years ago, Virginia property tax $38 a year, insurance, $40 a month. Replaced the engine and transmission in the last couple years for $9000. Basically a brand new truck.
And NO GPS!!!!! 😀
I’m keeping my 2009 Ford Ranger XLT with 240,000 miles. Only once did she let me down because her computer board crashed. But she’s been a constant companion on my rural mail route. Always got me where I needed to go. Even if she breaks now, I need to put her in the pasture just to look at her.
The “snake” in the King edition logo is the Arabic symbol for Allah!
“t’s likely that a federal office building or two might burn down because of the battery issues these things have.”
Then they can blame it on white nationalist right wing extremist terrorists—win win!
My 2015 F150 gets 17mpg and I drive 85mph or more on my daily commute. Fuel reports on the Hybrid say your lucky to get 16mpg if you ever go above 55mph. Don’t buy one for fuel economy.
Thanks for the warning!
lol
My F150s have cloth seats. The Mariner had leather with "seat heat". I've never seen a King Ranch up close enough to discern the details. It just looked gaudy and unattractive, so I moved on.
Yes, but you know the actual range and that a fill up takes a whopping 5-10 minutes tops.
Yeah...pretty much. A very light duty truck if you want anywhere near normal range.
My point is it can be a useful tool in some situations BUT NOT ALL. Sometimes you need a hammer and sometimes you need a Philips head screwdriver.
But pushing people into EV vehicles is as stupid as telling mechanics they must do all of their work with a Philips head.
Agreed.
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