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0 pointslockhouse3y ago0 comments

Even the F-150 Lightning isn’t a good replacement for any pickup truck use cases that require towing or going far off the beaten path outside the reach of charging stations. There’s still no EV equivalent of just throwing a couple gas cans in the bed to extend the range.

It’s good for typical suburban pickup truck uses though and could be a good farm truck since you could just charge it at home.

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aaomidi3y ago

Electricity is everywhere. Like. Everywhere. It’s only a matter of time before the charging network expands.

lockhouseOP3y ago

Electricity assuredly is NOT everywhere. There are large swaths of the US where you will be very far from a plug. Also, it takes an impractical amount of time to charge an EV pickup truck on anything other than a fast charger.

We are not anywhere near where the infrastructure is ready for EV pickup trucks to be practical for a large number of people that currently need them. We may get there some day, but not for decades without a huge breakthrough in battery charging technology or manhattan project level investment in charging infrastructure.

aaomidi3y ago

220V 50 amps electricity is effectively everywhere. Those large swaths of the country with nothing in them are also places where there’s generally far less traffic.

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alistairSH3y ago

LOL. No it isn't.

I camp in the Appalachians regularly, from DC. There a quite a few spots I can't get to without a 3 hour charging detour (2 hours charge time, 1 hour road detour to get to EV station) on the return leg. And that's for areas that are only 3-4 hours away (one direction). [this was using ABRP and a mid-range Riviant R1T]

aaomidi3y ago

I think y’all are mixing up “electricity is everywhere” which is what I stated with “charging stations are everywhere”

These are different problems.

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0 pointslockhouse3y ago0 comments

It’s good for typical suburban pickup truck uses though and could be a good farm truck since you could just charge it at home.

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aaomidi3y ago

Electricity is everywhere. Like. Everywhere. It’s only a matter of time before the charging network expands.

lockhouseOP3y ago

aaomidi3y ago

220V 50 amps electricity is effectively everywhere. Those large swaths of the country with nothing in them are also places where there’s generally far less traffic.

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alistairSH3y ago

LOL. No it isn't.

aaomidi3y ago

I think y’all are mixing up “electricity is everywhere” which is what I stated with “charging stations are everywhere”

These are different problems.

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