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There's a reason the F-150 is the most widely owned vehicle in the US. It's a utility thing, not fashion, as there are certainly a lot of other better looking & easier to drive vehicles. In a packed city where people are living on top of each other it makes little sense. Beyond that, the utility of a pickup is hard to ignore.
Well, lets not overlook role played by the massive marketing budget Ford uses to create an image of the macho F-150 owner. I doubt your average F-150 owner could list 3 advantages his truck has over the Silverado or Ram and probably doesn’t even care. If utility played a role, all 3 truck makers would probably be tied for 1st in sales since they’re all pretty close in specs, servicing and pricing. If you doubt this try watching an ad for a Ford truck and note how much time is spent listing specs vs how much time is spent driving thru rivers, over boulders, or thru vast deserts. I question how many owners really use their truck for those extreme activities.
Agree.
OMG seriously? You could not get a more bias review. I agree range is king. However, Tesla is notorious for listing unreachable ranges. So until they are both out, I would not compare the 500 mile to 300 mile ranges. Why the "Platinum" version. How about the XLT with the long range battery. The CT will not come close in "luxury" as the Platinum. Harping on no air compressor? Buy a pancake and plug it in. FSD? No, Tesla does NOT have true FSD. Let's wait to compare actual vehicles. He forgot to mention that the Ford can power your house during a power outage - probably a very desirable feature for many. He raises some legitimate points - seats, bed length, payload - it is unfortunate he had to go so far out of his way to make up irrelevant or overly exaggerated differences. Very few are going to decide based on which truck has a better 0-60. If that is your concern you should not be buying any truck. The Supercharging network is huge, but if you are mostly local driving - not that important.
Thus affirming my assertion that fashion is what sells trucks, not capabilities.
Agreed - at least mostly. Capabilities still matter, but if you don't have the "looks" you are at a huge disadvantage - Pontiac Aztec. What pushed Tesla was the beauty - and performance. Model S for the first time married looks and performance in an EV. We bought the Model X vs the Lincoln Aviator GT though based on capabilities - BEV. My wife would tell you the Lincoln was better looking and more luxurious (no vented seats in the Tesla, no auto parking??)but we went with the Model X because the Aviator a PHEV was not "capable" of enough all electric driving - battery and electric motor too small.
I am going to bet V2H is going to be expensive to install and a lot of installs are going to be partial home only. The high draw items, A/C, heating (if heat pumps), dryers, etc. will not be supported.
Yep… isn’t the output 9 kw max? Tesla has discovered how much more complicated and expensive partial home backups can be… I think some people are in for sticker shock
To be fair, that basic rule of physics is true for all vehicles. It’s just that with gas stations on every corner no one driving an ICE pays any attention to range — unless they’re driving across Wyoming.
So the answer is fast DC chargers at every parking spot!!To be fair, that basic rule of physics is true for all vehicles. It’s just that with gas stations on every corner no one driving an ICE pays any attention to range — unless they’re driving across Wyoming.
I would advise extreme caution if you are purchasing on the expectation of 400+ miles of range.
A 450 mile range would put it among the longest ranges possible on any EV. I would think any car manufacturer building a vehicle with a range like that would be advertising such a long range to potential buyers. Since we aren't hearing anything about a 450 mile range from Ford, I'm betting it won't go anywhere near that far unless it's during a 25 mph hypermile event.
You replied to a post where I clearly outlined the topic of towing range.
As I asserted, towing range of F150L or CT may be closer than the announced non-towing specs for both vehicles.
Ford's head of EVs explains how the new F-150 Lightning conquers range anxiety
Some of the most precise range estimates in the industry are key for reassuring range-anxious consumers, says Darren Palmer, Ford's EV boss.news.yahoo.com
Back to towing range. As I asserted, estimates seem to imply Ford base and Tesla mid-spec trucks will have similar battery capacity and therefore similar towing range, for similar price. The article I linked backs up my logic and the math checks out.
