Ford's electric pickup truck isn't ready for the heartland

[thackney]

About $100 to roll the wheels, $2.50 a mile, and then hourly to charge it....

I was thinking a portable windmill, but your answer is more likely.

[roamer_1]

@thackney

Oh,well,I am certain there is some sort of device that can be connected between the two to create the juice you need. Yeah,it might cost more than your pu,but you can't  have everything,right?

Shoot, out in the sticks? Some enterprising redneck will figger out how to git er done with Ryobi battries from over to the Home Depot.

And you think I'm joking.

And then your buddy will be braggin how he can get by with just 30 of the De-Walts.

And there won't be a drill battery to be found anywhere.

[sneakypete]

Another example of the urban provincialism that adds stupidity to the already foolish economic program of the left.  Electric vehicles are great in urban areas where travel distances are short, adequate infrastructure to easily build convenient charging facilities exists and tail-pipe emissions are actually a potential health problem.  Out here in the Great Plains, not so much. 

The same for that other enthusiasm of the American left, light-rail.  I enjoyed walking from my apartment to the station, taking SEPTA to the University station and walking to the math building at U.Penn on my second sabbatical.  I could work on research, read a novel, get through my e-mail on the train, rather than devoting my attention to driving.  Would there be any point in building a light-rail system in Kansas?  Nope.  It needs urban population density to make sense.

@The_Reader_David

Oh,the left knows that very well. It is irrelevant to them because they plan on moving everybody not essential to farming,logging,etc,etc,etc into "partmints" in the city close to where they are assigned to work,where they can keep a close eye on them. Since they can walk or catch buses to work,they won't need cars.

Private cars will be for the ruling class only.

[catfish1957]

Love my F-150, but it will never be run by a battery.

And honestly, I think Ford is stupid thinking there will be a sustainable market for this shit. We who like driving this love the gas guzzling power.

[catfish1957]

I wonder how the automakers would figure the best way to charge me when my 4x4 is stuck out in the middle of a muddy pasture when the batteries emptied the charge?

LOL...  I have a feeling AAA Membership fees are going to be going up in the future.

[thackney]

Love my F-150, but it will never be run by a battery.

And honestly, I think Ford is stupid thinking there will be a sustainable market for this shit. We who like driving this love the gas guzzling power.

Honestly, I believe there will be a sustained market for this.  It won't be you or me, but there are a lot of folks whose pickups never leave pavement and never drive past 300 miles at a time.

And I could be tempted by the hybrid version with 7.2 kW of electric power available for tools and the like.  That part I could make real use of.  During the Feb Freeze, a few reports of people keeping power in the house with them.

[catfish1957]

Honestly, I believe there will be a sustained market for this.  It won't be you or me, but there are a lot of folks whose pickups never leave pavement and never drive past 300 miles at a time.

And I could be tempted by the hybrid version with 7.2 kW of electric power available for tools and the like.  That part I could make real use of.  During the Feb Freeze, a few reports of people keeping power in the house with them.

I don't see anyone enjoying the roar of "cushman cart" rolling down the road as a selling point.  I still stand this is a fad, and real rednecks like us are the target core customer.  And it will be us who buying these things in the forseeable future.

[roamer_1]

Love my F-150, but it will never be run by a battery.

And honestly, I think Ford is stupid thinking there will be a sustainable market for this shit. We who like driving this love the gas guzzling power.

Well, my chevy has run on electric... I drove it up on a trailer one time with the starter. It was not an epic experience. 

[thackney]

I don't see anyone enjoying the roar of "cushman cart" rolling down the road as a selling point.  I still stand this is a fad, and real rednecks like us are the target core customer.  And it will be us who buying these things in the forseeable future.

And I think the pure gasoline power will always be there for that target customer.  But this all electric extends their market reach to others.  my 2¢, worth nothing more

cheers

[sneakypete]

Love my F-150, but it will never be run by a battery.

And honestly, I think Ford is stupid thinking there will be a sustainable market for this shit. We who like driving this love the gas guzzling power.

@catfish1957

I can tell you precisely what Ford,GM,and all the other auto manufactures are thinking is "The government is guaranteeing our profits to make these things,so we are going to make them."

Anybody that doesn't think these manufactures aren't getting YUGE tax breaks as well as cash incentives to produce battery-powered cars and trucks just ain't been paying attention.

[sneakypete]

Honestly, I believe there will be a sustained market for this.  It won't be you or me, but there are a lot of folks whose pickups never leave pavement and never drive past 300 miles at a time.

And I could be tempted by the hybrid version with 7.2 kW of electric power available for tools and the like.  That part I could make real use of.  During the Feb Freeze, a few reports of people keeping power in the house with them.

@thackney

I agree. When the dust settles,it will be mandatory for half-ton pu's to be battery powered. I suspect diesel will remain king for a long time for the long-haul rigs,but battery-powered is the MANDATED "wave of the future" for we peons.

For one thing,it's a way for our political masters to keep us close to home and traveling around causing them trouble. For this reason alone I am predicting there will never be such a critter as a car or truck that can travel as fast as far as today's autos and trucks travel. Making sure travelers have to stop at designated recharging points is a good way to keep track of who is going where,and if they took any time-outs to get there.

[sneakypete]

And I think the pure gasoline power will always be there for that target customer. 

@thackney


Yes,and that "targeted customer will be a government official  or immediate family member,and will have a permit to own a gasoline powered car or truck,and will have the "proper papers" to fill it up at a government gas station.

Rules and laws are for little people.

[thackney]

Yes,and that "targeted customer will be a government official  or immediate family member,and will have a permit to own a gasoline powered car or truck,and will have the "proper papers" to fill it up at a government gas station.

Rules and laws are for little people.

I do not think it will be that way in my lifetime.  But I suspect taxes and price adders with exception for specific use will make it very similar without the "proper papers" required.

[Smokin Joe]

Love my F-150, but it will never be run by a battery.

And honestly, I think Ford is stupid thinking there will be a sustainable market for this shit. We who like driving this love the gas guzzling power.

Considering somewhere between a third and a half of the fleet pickups I see in the oil patch are Fords, I wonder how long they think that will continue while they pimp a battery operated pickup?

[sneakypete]

Considering somewhere between a third and a half of the fleet pickups I see in the oil patch are Fords, I wonder how long they think that will continue while they pimp a battery operated pickup?

@Smokin Joe

And the answer is,"For as long as the goobermint gives them tax breaks and guarantees they won't lose money by doing so."

[roamer_1]

Considering somewhere between a third and a half of the fleet pickups I see in the oil patch are Fords, I wonder how long they think that will continue while they pimp a battery operated pickup?

Folks will just shuffle off to a F250.

Kinda how it goes anyhow. Were I to buy a new truck today, I would not be looking for a half ton. Heck, I don't think I would stop for an average 3/4T... Maybe a heavy with trailer package and overloads...

Yup, to get what I expect out of a truck, I would have to start in 1T and work my way up from there. This ain't so different.

[Smokin Joe]

Folks will just shuffle off to a F250.

Kinda how it goes anyhow. Were I to buy a new truck today, I would not be looking for a half ton. Heck, I don't think I would stop for an average 3/4T... Maybe a heavy with trailer package and overloads...

Yup, to get what I expect out of a truck, I would have to start in 1T and work my way up from there. This ain't so different.

There are a lot of F250, F350s out there, everything is higher than stock, has a cowcatcher, and about half of the 1-tons are steel flatbed work trucks. Duallys abound.

[roamer_1]

There are a lot of F250, F350s out there, everything is higher than stock, has a cowcatcher, and about half of the 1-tons are steel flatbed work trucks. Duallys abound.

Exactly the same up in here... Half-tons ain't really been part of the work force since the square-bodies went away.