OK, saw the ad on television for the Electric F-150, not really impressed. 300 mile average distance traveled on a charge, then charge overnight and ready for another 300 miles. I live in Central Arkansas, my son lives in Rockwall, Texas, I calculated my mileage and come up with total distance of 327 miles. Not counting off and ons for potty breaks and he lives a few miles off I-30, I rounded it up to 350 miles. Now if I drove the elec. truck, I would have to find a place between Greenville and Rowlett to charge and spend the night. Why would I want one of these trucks?

Charge during lunch and bathroom stops and you can make it in one day.

Well, generally speaking you're probably in the minority. Most people probably drive much less than 300 miles in a day on average. But, in reality, electric vehicles are still mostly a niche market, with commuter and urban vehicles mostly making up the numbers.

I guess you haven't done any research on electric vehicles. They only take overnight to charge if you plug them into a standard outlet. Commercial fast chargers take far less time- an hour or so. Still much longer than filling up with gas, of course. If you had an electric truck, you would only need to make a lunch stop to charge up, not an overnight stop. If you were towing your trailer it would be a different story- you would have to charge every 100 miles or thereabouts.

bgum wrote:Charge during lunch and bathroom stops and you can make it in one day.Provided there is a charging station along the route, and at the proper distance.

fj12ryder wrote:bgum wrote:Charge during lunch and bathroom stops and you can make it in one day.Provided there is a charging station along the route, and at the proper distance.The administration's infrastructure bill plans to build 500,000 of them. Bet it will be in every corner considering there are just 168,000 gas stations in the country..And charging overnight is needed if you are starting from zero charge.If you are pulling an RV, most conservative is about 150 miles. That's about the same mileage with my gasser for bathroom,stretch and lunch breaks.

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Yosemite_Sam1
Explorer
Jul 14, 2021
pitch wrote:
OKAY,Thanks all of you posters. I will immediately write Ford and tell them that the experts on RV net have proven beyond any doubt that their electric truck program is just totally not feasible.
I will refer them to this thread and I am sure that they will discontinue this un American immediately.
Thank all of you for saving Ford and its investors from an catastrophic failure and probable bankruptcy! True Americans one and all!

Time to sell my Ford stocks!

Wait, I already sold it and made some money off it -- but not enough to totally fund my F150 Lightning reservation.:B
wilber1
Explorer
Jul 14, 2021
Unfortunately charging stations can't give them much more than 3/4 of a tank unless they stay the night.
Yosemite_Sam1
Explorer
Jul 14, 2021
deltabravo wrote:
People with electric vehicles that take road trips don't stop overnight just to charge up. They plan their route according to location of charging stations.

Exactly, or more accurately, their cars plan for them -- and drive for them too as an option when they are fatigued.
deltabravo
Nomad
Jul 14, 2021
People with electric vehicles that take road trips don't stop overnight just to charge up. They plan their route according to location of charging stations.
wing_zealot
Explorer
Jul 13, 2021
pitch wrote:
OKAY,Thanks all of you posters. I will immediately write Ford and tell them that the experts on RV net have proven beyond any doubt that their electric truck program is just totally not feasible.
I will refer them to this thread and I am sure that they will discontinue this un American immediately.
Thank all of you for saving Ford and its investors from an catastrophic failure and probable bankruptcy! True Americans one and all!
Save yourself the postage stamp. I'm pretty sure Ford is smart enough to know the average RV'er isn't their targeted market and that most the people that buy a pickup truck don't tow RV's with them.
lbrjet
Explorer
Jul 13, 2021
It will work for some folks, but not most folks. The same is true for any truck.

Right now it won't work for anyone since they don't sell them yet.
pitch
Explorer II
Jul 09, 2021
OKAY,Thanks all of you posters. I will immediately write Ford and tell them that the experts on RV net have proven beyond any doubt that their electric truck program is just totally not feasible.
I will refer them to this thread and I am sure that they will discontinue this un American immediately.
Thank all of you for saving Ford and its investors from an catastrophic failure and probable bankruptcy! True Americans one and all!
mkirsch
Nomad II
Jul 09, 2021
Gooma wrote:
A gas powered generator to charge an electric vehicle doesn't make sense.

A gas powered generator to power a house does not make sense either.

Oh, but I can hear you sputter now, "That's only in an emergency!"

Exactly.
Kampfirekid
Explorer
Jul 09, 2021
stsmark wrote:
How’s the 3 liter Powerstroke do with the trailer? How’s it been overall?

No issues whatsoever. It won’t win any races towing, but it just pulls. Interstate driving with the 6,000# travel trailer, it stays in 10th gear all day long. This is with four adults in the cab and a 70# pup. I average 15-16mpg towing the TT, and 21mpg towing my flatbed that weighs about 5,000# with quads heading north. Daily driving empty is 26-27mpg. It does all I ask, and puts like a kitten. It’s no slouch off the line, and the torque is almost instant and on until around 9th or 10th gear over 70mph. It is no EcoBoost, but it’s mpg for daily driving high miles is what I wanted. Now as I consider a 5th wheel, it’s not up to that task.
stsmark
Explorer
Jul 09, 2021
How’s the 3 liter Powerstroke do with the trailer? How’s it been overall?

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