IOW, if you have work to do, get a diesel. If you are virtue signalling and waving your pickup (one that may never leave pavement). EVs are great! Yadda, yadda, yadda...and they never once mentioned running the heater in even modest (above zero) cold. Considering a 4-man work crew can easily run 800-1000 lbs, that doesn't leave much weight for gear, tools, or materials.
Real work trucks still have to get the job done, haul stuff, and work past the pavement's end. For that, gasoline or diesel will remain the fuels of choice.
@Smokin Joe I still have my 06 GMC 3/4 ton long bed extended cab pu,even though I don't drive it more than maybe once a month now,mostly to keep everything lubed up. Has a ball hookup for a 5th wheel in the bed over the rear axle.
Last year of the real Cummings Diesel with no smog devices,and a genuine 6 Speed Allison auto trans. It is a 4x4 with 3:73 gears,and it is paid for.
People are offering me stupid money to try to get me to sell it so they can pull their horse trailers and not have to spend 70 grand for a new one with a weaker transmission that requires a special fluid tank to drive,but I ain't selling. Who knows,my health might start to get better,and I can make some road trips again? It's paid for and doesn't eat anything,so no big deal about it sitting parked.
My daily driver is a 2022 Toyota Camry with the 4 cylinder 200 hp engine and 8 speed auto overdrive trans. I normally get between 43 and 45 MPH local driving,and have gotten as high as 53 mph on road trips on interstates.
One interesting thing I discovered is that if I run regular unleaded gas,I get about 4 to 5 mpg less than if I run premium.
Because of this I have discovered some gas stations are selling regular unleaded as Premium unleaded. This is,of course,due to the distributor selling it to the stations as premium instead of regular. Somebody in gooberment really needs to look into this. You couldn't tell they were doing this back in the days of 15-16 mpg cars,but you sure can these days.
