New F-150 Electric P/U

Reisender wrote:


I can’t speak for other vehicles but certainly our present EV uses no where near those suggested numbers. Typically AC draws around an additional KW plus or minus. Think of a small 5000 btu Home Depot air conditioner mounted in a small space like a car. It doesn’t take long to turn it into a meat locker. If you are stuck in traffic for 8 hours and wanting to keep cool an EV is a great place to be. You might use 10 percent of an 80 KWh battery. Really, running AC is not a big deal. The car figures it out and calculates your required charging stop and location accordingly.

Cold? It depends. If your EV has a heat pump it’s not too bad down to a certain point before resistance heat kicks in. If you have an older EV that only had resistance heat you can lose a third or more of your range. Either way, the car figures it out and calculates your charging stop and location accordingly.

Of course, as always, analyze your own needs and see if it’s right for you. For our needs and performance expectation gas vehicles have lots of disadvantages and no advantages so it’s an easy decision. But others with different needs and expectations may be better suited to gas vehicles.

Can’t speak to towing as we have no experience towing with an EV.
I’m not sure if the OP was planning on towing to his sons house, although I didn’t get that impression.

Cheers.

Welcome back @Reisender and your invaluable real-life knowledge about EV's and charging.

As opposed to those "no it can't" party-poopers theorists, lol.

Ah yeah, I repeat. I have orders for both F150 Lightning and Cybertruck. And if I can get 150 miles between re-charging, I'll will be plenty happy as this is my stops anyways for lunch and bathroom breaks.

I'm into RVing for light and easy travels and not to accumulate mileage (no rewards for that).