Electric Ford F150 towing demonstration.

carringb wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Big deal, why didn't they show a real world scenario: hook that pickup to a 7,000 lb. trailer, and tow it non-stop for 400 miles, maybe even 300 miles, at highway speeds with the AC running and a couple people in the cab. Then pull into a campground, set up, and go eat and do some sightseeing. Maybe then we'd see how usable it really is.

In my mind that would be a test that would show realistically what it could do. I don't know many people who pull a train car behind them. Show what it could do in every day usage.

Let's be real though. This makes up what percentage of pickup owners? 5% maybe? I suspect it's probably even lower than that.

For typical jobsite use, even 150 miles when towing would be many times more than it needs. And since most light trucks are just fancy grocery getters, a 300 mile non-towing range would cover all their commuting needs and then some.

This is mostly true, but this is an RV site, not the grocery getter site. So yeah we are interested in a pickup as a usable vehicle for our needs. And last time I watched TV the pickup commercials were geared toward macho posturing, not grocery getting.