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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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To: Tell It Right

The only reason to buy a Lightening is as a garage queen collectible.

The truck is going to depreciate quickly and may eventually in 50 years these trucks may appeal to a collector


24 posted on 01/30/2024 2:21:09 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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