Ford delays Electric F150 to mid 2022

valhalla360 wrote:
Between the change in the political winds, low gas prices and risk of introducing a problematic drivetrain if they don't fully vette it (think 6.0)...it was likely a good decision.

Honestly, I would think a plub-in-hybrid pickup in the low payload/towing range would be pretty straight forward and would be a winner. Most people don't use the full capability anyway but with say a 200hp 4 banger and a 50 mile battery (easily placed under the truck bed), you could commute most days and when you do have a weekend camping trip range isn't an issue. They could easily maintain 1500lb payload and say a 5000lb tow rating. All without driving the price thru the roof.

This also addresses any concerns with battery supply limitations as they would only need a fraction of the capacity.

Done properly, it would have monster performance loaded and unloaded.

It would take a little more ground up redesign but no reason, you couldn't eventually take the same idea up into the 3/4 & 1 ton truck range.

Probably a good compromise. But I would think a little risky as well. Hybrids have been a hard sell lately and their market share is dropping over BEV’s. Might be a short term stop gap and would make the transition easier though. And it would allow for the DCFC infrastructure to build out a bit. They have to watch it though. There is going to be lots of places that won’t allow the sale of anything with a tail pipe by 2030. And even more places (cities) that won’t allow any vehicle with a tail pipe to travel.