Has anyone here seen an actual tradesman who really USES a truck, driving an electric truck?
I have not.
The U.S. automakers keep cranking out those electric Edsels.
The electric vehicle boondoggle will be a complete joke to our grandchildren someday.
I saw a Rivian on the road Wednesday night in Destin..................
Well he won’t in the winter time. Anyone dumb enough to buy something like this with a power grid in poor shape like ours, is a total nincompoop.
They still aren’t ready for primetime, but this is a bit closer.
I can’t imagine one working where you have to carry really heavy stuff in the cold, but I expect that for carrying a few sheets of plywood or sheetrock and a box of tools here in California they will catch on sooner or later.
Plus, at least around here (northern CA) for every legit tradesman there are 50+ posers who’ve never had anything bigger than a bicycle in the bed.
Electric tricks are likely just garage queens.
Detached-garage queens.
Nope, they all drive diesel trucks. F250/F350, Chevy 2500HD, 3500HD, Ram 2500/3500’s.
It's a miracle!
Better than Tesla!
Able to charge fully in minutes, haul 1500 lbs. for thousands of miles on a single charge, and toasts bread..
And it's still a concept.
Using trucks, yes. But the tradesmen I know are contractors or work in construction trades. My friends who are cabinet makers plumbers painters or flooring all use vans. We will never see these ridiculous electric trucks on a construction site unless it is a government inspector who doesn’t know what end of a hammer is used to drive a nail.
The truck beds have gotten so small that trucks just seem like a car without a trunk lid.