No thanks...
In other words, they suck and stink on ice.
In a hurry to kiss Joe Biden's butt. NOT in a hurry to meet market demand.
"...problems towing and hauling the sort of weight levels traditional truck buyers expect have made EV pickup trucks of limited value to such consumers."
Stupid consumers are not listening to Uncle Joe & Cronies about the future.
I see nothing here but paragraph after paragraph saying “We must kiss FJB’s ass and do it quickly,”
Common sense ought to tell GM that they are powerless to stop people from buying what they really want. I hope they come to Trump for another bailout. Let them fly to DC in their finest biz jets because appearances won’t mean so much to Trump. Let a proper bankruptcy handle it.
The gubmint cheque cleared. Time to make some EV’s
where’s the diesel-electric vehicles? A diesel powered generator maintaining a battery pack?
Like a locomotive
the only hybrid electric scheme that would seem to make any engineering and economic sense
Motor Trend savages the F150 Lightning for towing a RV trailer
Plugin Hybrids do make some sense, but adding the EV motor output to the IC engine/transmission is complicated and expensive. There have been reports that the Chevy Volt II costs over $80K to build and they sold it for $35-42K.
And it had a continuously variable transmission, which limited the HP of the IC engine. Probably not suitable for a high-HP/torque truck.
If one is rich enough and stupid enough to want any kind of battery powered auto, the PHEV concept is the way to go. Something like the Toyota RAV4 PHEV is a good choice.
Unfortunately as soon as you purchase said vehicle you need to start saving for a new battery which will be needed within 5 years. And as you write that multi-thousand dollar check, think of all the third-world children that died digging the rare earth metals needed to produce that battery. Also unfortunately your auto insurance and maintenance costs are going to balloon. Add to that your trade-in value and/or resale value will drop faster than a comparable ICE vehicle.
But hey! you are saving the Erf.
Zero emissions EV is pathetically untrue. The damage done to the environment in manufacturing a single EV is worse than any fossil fueled car could do in a lifetime.
Does it come with a free diesel generator...?
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Too late.
No thanks...