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 ...
Forum Discussion
Lantley wrote:
I wonder if there were this many naysayers unwilling to give up there horse when the model T was introduced?
Remember there were not many paved roads or even construction equipment to build them.
Somehow we managed to build roads, gas stations, and an auto industry.
We even took it a step further and built the airplane
It won't be next week but I think we'll find a way to develop a battery and charging solutions over the next 20 years or so.
Color TV,cell phones,computers and the internet have all been introduced since I was born and have dramatically changed the way we live and think.
To think we cannot develop battery technology is silly.
The automobile won out even though the govt was against them adding many restrictions on them.
EVs are struggling to get any noticeable market share even thought the govt is heavily subsidizing them.
I have no doubt if EVs ever become a sizable percentage of the vehicle market, charging stations will follow (not without issues). Honestly for commuter cars and local delivery, it's getting close. For long distances, they just aren't there and there is no indication battery technology is improving enough to change the calculus.
