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Brett,
Sometimes you have good content, but I gave up on reading it due to the extreme multi-page bloat with far more advertising than content.
Good content all on one page with a couple of advertisements that are not in the way will be helpful. Don't be worse than Ford and their dealers with their price bloat. Take care of your customers. It takes waaayy to long to read!
All electric vehicles are way over priced!
Chop their prices in half, and they would probably sell more.
In fact I will go a step further and say this.
Ford, chop the lightning price in half, and I'll buy one.
Its not really my cup of tea, but might make a good errand runner.
Especially if they in the future offer it in a reg cab long box, no sunroof.
An 8 foot box would make it so much more useful, and I hate sunroofs.
sure, but the extra expense of re-engineering for a shorter frame and wheel base will be cost prohibitive unless a lot of people are willing to pay for it. They only sell the lightening in one wheelbase for a reason, EVs are not as flexible as ICE vehicles in fuel storage packaging.
Brett,
Sometimes you have good content, but I gave up on reading it due to the extreme multi-page bloat with far more advertising than content.
Good content all on one page with a couple of advertisements that are not in the way will be helpful. Don't be worse than Ford and their dealers with their price bloat. Take care of your customers. It takes waaayy to long to read!
This being mostly a "free" site we can't really be surprised or too disappointed it's largely funded by advertising etc. There is an option to join as a member which greatly reduces the ads you might see. Without them this entire site might become a thing of the past. Sure we're all "consumers" here but that's not quite the same as being a "customer".
I always wonder, how will the battery cost impact the value of older EVs. I mean, combustion cars have their natural price erosion after years and you know what components etc suffer most. For EVs I wonder what role does the battery play. It costs about 30% of the new EV more or less I heard, then after a few years, like every battery will get worse and worse slowly in the first years. But isn't there a huge loss of capacity starting after several years ? Like in the first few years maybe the capacity gets reduced by 2-5%, whole after several years it really is not usable anylonger ?
I think a bigger cause for concern for automakers should be that there just aren't enough people out there who want to buy these, and other EVS. Ford's electric division in real financial trouble and already got a bailout loan from the government. Neither the LIghtning or the MachE are selling very well, in fact not well at all.
An electric pickup is nearly useless to those who use them for work or towing. There is no usable range when towing and a tradesman can't take the time to hunt down a high speed charger, then wait for an hour for 80%. Time is money in the trades. Great for the suburban guy who drives 10 miles to work in his cubicle, then sop at Home Depot for a bag of mulch on the way home. My prediction is that the Lightning will be a white elephant at trade in or resale time.
I do believe that the free market should decide. The government needs to get out of the auto business, that they like to call "mobility". Remove manufacturing mandates and deadline, Remove "tax incentives" (really a subsidy that we all pay), then let the best vehicles draw customers.
An electric pickup is nearly useless to those who use them for work or towing. There is no usable range when towing and a tradesman can't take the time to hunt down a high speed charger, then wait for an hour for 80%. Time is money in the trades. Great for the suburban guy who drives 10 miles to work in his cubicle, then sop at Home Depot for a bag of mulch on the way home. My prediction is that the Lightning will be a white elephant at trade in or resale time.
sure, but the extra expense of re-engineering for a shorter frame and wheel base will be cost prohibitive unless a lot of people are willing to pay for it. They only sell the lightening in one wheelbase for a reason, EVs are not as flexible as ICE vehicles in fuel storage packaging.
They could leave the frame and wheelbase the same, shorten the cab, add more box, so its actually capable of hauling stuff.
Just yesterday I hauled my extra long quad, its a 2 person quad, and requires a long box pickup. I haul it around a lot.
An ev pickup truck would be perfect for hauling it, as I generally don't haul it more than 80 kms to the places for rides. But those teeny tiny boxes on some pickups nowadays are pretty much only good for a few grocery bags. The pickup I drive the most is a reg cab, 8' box, and fits most of my needs.
I always wonder, how will the battery cost impact the value of older EVs. I mean, combustion cars have their natural price erosion after years and you know what components etc suffer most. For EVs I wonder what role does the battery play. It costs about 30% of the new EV more or less I heard, then after a few years, like every battery will get worse and worse slowly in the first years. But isn't there a huge loss of capacity starting after several years ? Like in the first few years maybe the capacity gets reduced by 2-5%, whole after several years it really is not usable anylonger ?
Generally speaking, EV vehicles depreciate much quicker than a gas or diesel fuel powered vehicle.
A replacement battery can cost over $30,000 to replace.
So basically the price of a new small car.
They could leave the frame and wheelbase the same, shorten the cab, add more box, so its actually capable of hauling stuff.
Just yesterday I hauled my extra long quad, its a 2 person quad, and requires a long box pickup. I haul it around a lot.
An ev pickup truck would be perfect for hauling it, as I generally don't haul it more than 80 kms to the places for rides. But those teeny tiny boxes on some pickups nowadays are pretty only good for a few grocery bags. The pickup I drive the most is a reg cab, 8' box, and fits most of my needs.
The key questions is how much are you willing to pay for it. Chances are regular cab buyers won't like it when they announce how much a RC EV truck will cost.
For people who use trucks as simple tools, you cannot beat the value and utility of an RCLB F150 with the 3.3 V6.
The only real advantage that I'm seeing with buying an EV is that a petro vehicle will likely more repair and far more maintenance than the EV over say 100,000 miles.
