MotorTrend F150 Lightning Tow Test

shelbyfv wrote:
Well, if you had read beyond the first line you would have seen "ERCOT recommends that people in Texas avoid running appliances between 2pm and 8pm." In case that isn't clear, EVs were in the same boat as washing machines and dishwashers. So Tesla stepped up, encouraged their owners to charge off peak and gave discounts to do so. Whirlpool might have done the same if they were as well connected to their customers. You mentioned "Tusk" three times. Have no idea what that is.:h FWIW,I agree with you that there is little point in discussing this truck on an RV forum. I doubt any buyers are planning to pull trailers.

For a person that doesn't even own an electric vehicle you sure seem eager to prove you know very little about them. Let me throw you a bone.

#1. The grid is short on power. Plain and simple.

#2. The US power grid is on life support.

#3. The more "things" that are added to the grid, whether that be electric appliances or electric cars the worse the grid will get.

#4. Electric vehicles use a LOT of energy. Vehicles in general use a ton of energy.....whether that be diesel, gasoline or electricity. That is the problem with electric "tow rigs"......LI batteries don't have good "energy density". Yes, I said energy density and not power density. Read the OP's article and see what they say about energy density and the problem it causes.

#5. Adding things to the grid that suck huge amounts of power like electric vehicles is going to be bad news for the already fragile power grid.

#6. The fragile grid is going to cost trillions of dollars to fix. Where is that money going to come from?

#7. An electric car uses very little energy compared to a semi. If the grid is just barley making it now just wait until everybody starts plugging big rigs in.

#8. Here is who Tusk is.

#8. I disagree. There are several people on this very forum that tow with their electric vehicle and there are even a few that have the Cyber Truck on order and they say they are going tow with. A few said they can wait until the Semi comes out so they can buy one and tow with it. Unfortunately they will wait for the rest of their lives if they want an over the road electric big rig with any range at all.

One things for sure. The Ford Lightning sure brought into focus how much energy density these LI batteries have at this point in time. And the answer is, not much,