F150 Lightning Road Trip & Ike Gauntlet Pull
TFL drove the new F150 Lightning from Michigan to Colorado Test Configuration: Mostly highway miles at 70-75 mph Total Miles: 1225 Total Charging Time: ~ 5 hours Summary: (Fail) Efficiency at ...
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ShinerBock wrote:EV long distance adds time to a trip? We knew that 20 years ago. Why would TFL even need to drive the vehicle? Just read the sales brochure and call it a fail.
We will have to disagree here. They are using the truck the same way they would use and ICE truck. Just because it does not perform the same and adds hours to the trip, does not mean it isn't relevant. In every cross country review and article I have seen of an EV vehicle, they have all added time to trips. Everything has pros and cons, and currently this is a con of EV's. You can't just boast about the pros of your favorite thing and then cry foul or bury your head in the sand when a con is exposed or report on.
Reminds me of John Broder of the NY Times. Kept short charging the EV on a multiday road test trip until it fully stalled and said it was a defective car.
