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To: Tell It Right
Ford in particular decided to cut their F150 Lightening Truck series in half. Roughly 4,500 auto dealers signed on to a letter petitioning the Biden administration to “tap the breaks” on its aggressive EV push, on account of EVs stacking up on dealer lots.

The Lighting is more of a toy truck than the Raptor and cost about as much.

At least the Raptor has a real range of over 300 miles towing a trailer on pump gas.

The Lighting can tow a trailer about 100 miles.

With that kind of range do you want to go out on the road with your camper and just hope that you make it to the next charging station?

7 posted on 01/30/2024 11:53:02 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
The Lighting is more of a toy truck than the Raptor and cost about as much.

I agree wholeheartedly. IMHO it was a major mistake for the big automakers to try EV trucks with full size. Most people who get trucks that size need them for real man pickup chores.

IMHO a small EV pickup like the old 4-cylinder Ford Rangers or Chevy S-10's would be practical use cases for EV pickups. For example, when I owned a small truck like that it was mainly my commute for work and college, with an every now and then use for small load pickup chores (like throwing dirty yard working tools in the back). If EV pickups had existed then and were small like my old 4-cylindar pickup, I might have considered an EV pickup. But not after I got older, with a family and volunteered more in church. Since then I find myself using a pickup for chores that are too large for either a 4-cylinder pickup or an EV pickup.

9 posted on 01/30/2024 12:08:58 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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