MotorTrend F150 Lightning Tow Test

dodge guy wrote:

way2roll wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
The ICE is only 120 years old. That’s still new technology in the grand scheme of things. To introduce a new type of power will take another 100 years to perfect. Until then you can not mandate something that is only effective for 20% of the population!

I am not an advocate for EV's - mainly because they aren't really the green silver bullet the hype would have us to believe.

But I think you have it backwards, I think they are not effective for 20% of the population but a very viable product for the other 80%. Most people don't tow or haul big loads, or even go 100 miles/day.

And last I heard, no one is mandating anything.

If it were viable for 80% of the population then there would be far more on the road! As a road trip vehicle even not towing, the time it takes to stop and charge makes them unattractive.

Maybe not mandating it, but when the government wants a certain percentage of vehicles to be electric by a certain time then that is mandating it with out actually mandating it!

Sigh...

Just because something is viable for the larger majority doesn't mean the larger majority buys everything viable. And I am not sure how they would get more of these trucks on the road yet, as orders are already sold out on pre-sales.

What you said was that these trucks are only effective for 20% of the population. And that's just not accurate. Unless you have some supporting data for that claim. They offer the same relative effectiveness that most consumers use their ICE f150's today. They don't tow, or camp or anything you think of when you use a truck. Or me for that matter. They're grocery getters.

BTW - I am in no way a supporter of EV's. Tesla has gotten billions from the wallets of taxpayers in the form of subsidies and pumped up stock. He is now the world's richest man and it's not from selling Teslas. EV's are not green. Contrary - they have a host of ecologically damaging impacts not the least of which is mining materials, manufacture, disposal of used batteries and energy production to charge batteries. But we aren't talking about that. We are talking about a product consumers can use, will use and will buy to use. I think the fact that Ford quickly sold out on these units, including pre-production orders is proof on concept. They may not meet your needs, but your needs aren't what most consumers buy these trucks for - despite that they are marketed that way.