Posted on 08/10/2022 9:51:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Ford is increasing the starting prices of its electric F-150 Lightning truck by as much as $8,500 due to “significant material cost increases and other factors.”
CNBC reports that Ford said on Tuesday that it would be increasing the starting prices of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck due to “significant material cost increases and other factors.” The automaker said that the price increases, which are between $6,000 and $8,500, will not impact customers who have already ordered the vehicle and are awaiting delivery. President Joe Biden infamously test drove an electric F-150 in 2021. Biden shared his opinion on the truck, saying ““This sucker’s quick.”
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” I bet the difference is the quality of the battery”
You mean the battery that will absolutely have to be replaced eventually at the cost of no telling how many more thousands of dollars......THAT battery?
The goal was to make driving unaffordable “for the environment”. This is a naked power grab.
$80,000 for a pickup truck? Hard to believe there are some stupid enough to pay that...
The ONLY new car I ever owned was a 1965 Pontiac station wagon I ordered with special equipment-—or lack thereof.
Cost me $3434 out the door at Scott Robinson Pontiac in Torrance, Calif., including registration & sales taxes.
I put over 444,000 miles on that car in just over 31 years.
I have a 2019 F150 XLT that i paid roughly $38K for. That was $10K below sticker and right before Covid madness took hold.
I intend to drive it into the ground.
750 a month for 5 years.
Chump change, yeah?
And it has nothing to do with extended tax credits.
I remember when I bought a new 3BR/2Bath house for $8K! No central air but brand new on a 1/2 acre lot!
That’s for an XLT…..Lariats are pushing $120k.
For a truck the goes 100 miles then quits on you for hours on end.
I’ve got that beat...
1958 Ford (2 door Fairlane, if I remember correctly.)
Bought in 1968, for $50.00. According to VA law at the time, I was too young to buy a car on my own, but the dealer overlooked that. I was very poor, and the dealer let me pay him $5.00 a week, which I faithfully did.
My fortunes have changed, but I still buy used cars. I cannot imagine paying what they are asking for EVs.
You bet...It’s easy to spot stupid people, they’re driving a new $90,000+ pickup.☺
I bought a 1966 Pontiac GTO in November of 1965 for $2879.00.
Incorporating a 30 year marital amortization, “high end trim” costs significantly more than $50K.
“My fortunes have changed, but I still buy used cars.”
It seems like as I get older and more prosperous I get more thrifty.
I remember being poor when I was young—and I hated it—and don’t want it to happen again...
“For a very limited set of users, some of these EV’s could make sense. Short commutes...”
I agree. However, after watching the roll out of EV’s, their short comings, their damage to the environment, and the demands on the electric grid, I have concluded EV’s should be limited to what people really want to drive and not what useful idiots or the government wants them to drive.
With the most powerful battery available, 100 miles is the absolute BEST case scenario when towing. That isn’t a “truck”.
I bought a new Toyota Tundra last fall for $42K. It was the last year with the big V-8 engine. At less than 10,000 miles a year, I expect my kids will inherit it after I die - 30+ years from now in my 90s.
We have a Camry with 130,000 miles. It is what we consider “just broken in”.
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