Posted on 09/27/2022 8:05:05 PM PDT by grundle
Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nS0Fdayj8Y
Yet another electric vehicle disaster is making the rounds on the internet, this time as a YouTuber with over 1.4 million followers tried towing an ancient 1930s Ford Model A truck with a contemporary Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup. Despite setting the bar ridiculously low – he just wanted to tow it just over 100 miles round trip – the entire experiment failed in a spectacularly “complete and total disaster.”
Youtuber Tyler Hoover says in the video, seen below, that “[i]f a truck towing 3,500 pounds can’t even go 100 miles — that is ridiculously stupid. He then highlights the basic argument against EVs. “This truck can’t do normal truck things. You would be stopping every hour to recharge, which would take about 45 minutes a pop, and that is absolutely not practical.”
He says of the exercise: “My plan was to make two trips up today,” he said. “About 32 miles each way, so that’s about 64 times two: 128 miles round trip.”
“I had this thing charged to just over 200 miles when I started my day, so ample margin for error when it comes to range and towing and also considering the fact that the trailer was going up empty two times,” Hoover later added.
Unsurprisingly, the trip got off to a worse-than-expected start. Hoover had fully charged the vehicle in preparation, only to watch the battery life drain out faster than a gas leak. As he was “pulling out my neighborhood,” the EV had already lost three miles of range despite traveling less than a mile. Then, after arriving driving for just 32 miles the vehicle had already lost an estimated 68 miles of range.
It only got worse from there, as a warning was soon triggered for low batter. “Are you kidding me?” Hoover can be heard reacting. “That’s almost 90 miles of range in 30 miles. Are you serious? That’s nuts. What a joke.”
Hoover makes his feelings well known about the current state of electric vehicles.
“So, yeah, that was abysmally bad, and if the future is electric, there has to be some kind of solution for this,” Hoover said. “I have no idea why EVs tow so bad. My guess would be it doesn’t have a normal transmission where there’s gears and a car’s in a lower rev range.”
“If a truck towing 3,500 pounds can’t even go 100 miles — that is ridiculously stupid,” he continued. “This truck can’t do normal truck things. You would be stopping every hour to recharge, which would take about 45 minutes a pop, and that is absolutely not practical.”
He ends his video saying that if people just wanted a big truck to perform like a standard car, then the Ford F-150 Lightning might make sense. However, if people bought an electric truck hoping it would perform like an actual truck with towing capabilities then it’s not a “good idea.”
FAKE NEWS! Since anyone WITH A BRAIN knows that EVs are not meant for towing.
I’ll stick with my stupid aluminum f-150 with the rice burner engine.
Maybe, just maybe if he had turned off the radio.....
There is NOTHING wrong with a 60 deg V-6, twin turbo, electronically controlled engine.
Especially if one lives and drives at Altitude.
I didn’t write the article.
I guess I was kidding. It does alright but it lugs when I have my four wheeler in the back. I get about 23 mpg Highway. I wouldn’t want to pull a trailer.
I’m on my second one. [3.5l vs. the 2.7l previous one]
Both pull a ~6500 lb. trailer up a ~4% grade @65 mph @ 4,000 ft. just fine.
Amazing really.
great if you forget how to make a fire...
I guess the turbos are doing their thang.
Altitude performance compensation.
Nothing like maintaining max. manifold pressure as the air thins out.
YMMV....
On a truck, nothing beats a V8, unless it’s a six cylinder Diesel.
I’ve never had to walk down the highway to fetch back a gallon of electricity.
:)
Is that joe Biden?
Then the small print:
"*Based on manufacturer testing using computer engineering simulations. Calculated via peak performance of the electric motor(s) at peak battery power. Your results may vary."
The tow hook is just for style.
BTT!!
I have a 2010 standard cab F-150 5.4 triton. 300,000 MI and going strong. Plus 20 gas mileage over 350 horsepower. 430 gears. It’s a runner. Best truck I ever owned. Nothing but maintenance repairs.
Here...Here!!!
Ecoboost doesn’t have the beef for long term use.
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