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Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 25 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Large, heavy electric vehicles don't make a lot of sense. The F-150 lightning was a neat idea, but smaller EVs make far more sense for personal vehicles.

Electric vans would be much better as a work vehicle.

Electric work trucks aren't ready yet.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Lots of people need a truck, not a van. You can’t haul a couple cubic yards of top soil or gravel in a van. I see dozens of Lightnings in my area.

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  • [–] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    This is a common argument, but the vast majority of people at home do not carry gravel or sand on a weekly basis. What they need is a rental truck for those items. The cost of 100k is ludicrous. Comparing to a rental truck you would need to be carrying raw material like that on average 2x a week to even break even with the payments.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I’m talking about contractors, trades people and people who do this for a living.

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