Towing with my Ford Lightning EV Pickup was a TOTAL DISASTER!
Oct 6, 2022 12:47:47 #
Oct 6, 2022 13:10:21 #
WNYShooter wrote:
https://youtu.be/3nS0Fdayj8Y
That is not good news. I do a lot of long distance traveling and many times I'm pulling a boat or a trailer with motorcycles. Though I would like to believe an EV is an option, it simply isn't.
Oct 6, 2022 13:25:37 #
Oct 6, 2022 16:42:38 #
who knows what they will be like in ten years? Pretty awesome maybe. But I hope they bite the dust.
Oct 7, 2022 06:23:59 #
Just read an article last night that Ford is increasing the price of the F-150 Lightening EV by $5,000 in 2023 because of part supply chain price increases.
Oct 7, 2022 06:46:08 #
jim quist wrote:
who knows what they will be like in ten years? Pretty awesome maybe. But I hope they bite the dust.
I think they have their place, but I don't see them as a suitable substitution for completely replacing gas powered trucks. I could see a hybrid solution.
Oct 7, 2022 07:46:40 #
mwalsh wrote:
Don't want an EV...don't buy one.
Pretty simple.
Pretty simple.
just got back from road trip deep into Mexico....did not see a single EV charging station...paid 5.00 gal for 91 octane..about 4.50 for 89 octane
Oct 7, 2022 09:21:22 #
As here, the discussion of the e-car omits a controlling variable: Inadequate infrastructure to support the nationwide use of this novel means of vehicle.
Penny MG wrote:
That is not good news. I do a lot of long distance traveling and many times I'm pulling a boat or a trailer with motorcycles. Though I would like to believe an EV is an option, it simply isn't.
Oct 7, 2022 10:28:02 #
WNYShooter wrote:
https://youtu.be/3nS0Fdayj8Y
New Coke run amok! Fools' follies. P. T. Barnum is laughing his ass of at this stupidity.
Oct 7, 2022 11:07:08 #
Penny MG wrote:
That is not good news. I do a lot of long distance traveling and many times I'm pulling a boat or a trailer with motorcycles. Though I would like to believe an EV is an option, it simply isn't.
I'm still waiting for them to build a truck that will go 200 miles before (recharge/refueling) pulling a combined truck and 5th wheel weight of 20,000lb like my 1998 Dodge with 12 valve Cummins and get back on the road in 20 min with coffee.
Oct 7, 2022 12:19:27 #
alberio wrote:
I'm still waiting for them to build a truck that will go 200 miles before (recharge/refueling) pulling a combined truck and 5th wheel weight of 20,000lb like my 1998 Dodge with 12 valve Cummins and get back on the road in 20 min with coffee.
gonna be a long damn wait!!!
Oct 7, 2022 12:51:18 #
wilpharm wrote:
gonna be a long damn wait!!!
Yeah I'm not holding my breath.
Oct 7, 2022 12:53:57 #
Nicely captured recreation encampment.
Your post gives a stark example of the present inadequacy of the roadway infrastructure to accommodate the e-vehicle.
Besides, nobody to my knowledge has fully described the project and all its costs for building out the necessary infrastructure for this purpose. Instead, we hear only hoopla regarding it. Elon Musk serves as a poster boy for this project.
For now, I expect fusion energy to power civilization.
Your post gives a stark example of the present inadequacy of the roadway infrastructure to accommodate the e-vehicle.
Besides, nobody to my knowledge has fully described the project and all its costs for building out the necessary infrastructure for this purpose. Instead, we hear only hoopla regarding it. Elon Musk serves as a poster boy for this project.
For now, I expect fusion energy to power civilization.
alberio wrote:
I'm still waiting for them to build a truck that will go 200 miles before (recharge/refueling) pulling a combined truck and 5th wheel weight of 20,000lb like my 1998 Dodge with 12 valve Cummins and get back on the road in 20 min with coffee.
Oct 7, 2022 13:25:29 #
WNYShooter wrote:
https://youtu.be/3nS0Fdayj8Y
I have read other articles discussing what complete failures EVs are if towing or loaded.
Put a load of gravel or hay bales in an EV and see how it fails.
Most pickups I see look to never have worked beyond going to the office and back.
Oct 7, 2022 13:26:37 #
WNYShooter wrote:
https://youtu.be/3nS0Fdayj8Y
They reported this while back
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