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kb wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 10:34 am In last 5 weekends put 6,200 miles on my gas F150! 2 trips to ADKs ( dumping cans !) 2 weeks in FLA ( dumping gennys down my sun burnt body with some fish !) to oneonta 1.5 times ( kids grad school Thesis presentation and then back for his grad school graduation ! ) filled up fishing boat last week 60gallons and tmrw launch the big boat and put lots and lots and lots and lots of gas in .. been a good stretch and gonna relax now in the 716 !
Oh I’ve spent some dumb money on some Genny cans with these auctions and think I’m done for a while .. need to finish up some can cleaning and hit the waters .. wonder if I had this f150 how I would be ..
This quote is from the AutoTrader website - https://www.autotrader.com/car-shopping ... ric-trucks
Electric trucks are coming and some are less than a year away. Ready to hit in the very near future are the Ford F-150 Lightning, Hummer EV and Tesla Cybertruck.
Here’s something to keep in mind when you see promises of fully electric trucks that can tow a billion pounds and deliver a 1,000-mile range. Some healthy skepticism is probably a good thing here. The likely candidates for building a successful all-electric pickup or full-size SUV are those companies who have already been building trucks for a long time. It’s a much more reasonable proposition to use existing research, development, manufacturing, and sales resources to build an electric truck than it is to spool all that up from scratch.
Shoppers who plan to use their electric truck to frequently tow a trailer should also investigate the truck’s range. 250 – 300 mile ranges are common in electric cars today but towing a heavy trailer or hauling a huge load will reduce that significantly. Expect the towing range of an electric truck to be reduced by one-third to one-half the stated range of an unloaded electric truck.
Simple common sense. Any electric motor will perform at max until load is applied. Add a load and battery life as well as performance is reduced.
Ironic that the manufacturers are pushing EV's with gas prices being what they are.
Use the vehicle every day and you may have to charge it every day or every couple of days. Personally, I'd invest in solar panels for the garage. Then there's always the need to charge when you get to that 250-300 mile destination. Will there be charging stations or do you plug it in to a domestic site and pay for the electric service?
There's a lot to think about and plenty of research to do...
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