If It is a pickup (not one of those citified, just for show pickups that seldom haul anything much in the back, but one that 'works for a living' the EV market has a few questions to answer.
1: What is its working range. not empty, not with a tailwind on flat pavement, but how far can it go with a load in the back, pulling a trailer with anything from wheelbarrows to a bobcat on it (or more). How many miles will it go with a Lincoln Welder in the bed, in 30 below weather, running the heater to keep the guy who will be working in the cold outside warm?
2: Who is going to pay the crew windshield time while the pickup is charging?
3: How many more DUIs will happen because someone decided to get oiled while the truck was charging up?
4: How many accidents will happen when the ordinary 12 hour oil patch workday becomes 14 or more hours so the truck can be charged? (whether or not #3 applies)
5: Considering the guy hauling that welder has an oil rig or a farmer or someone waiting on him, and that Rig Time, for instance, for everyone and everything on location can run 80,000 a day (easy), who pays for the slack time when everyone is waiting while that pickup with the welder in it is charging up?
That welder could have topped off his F350 super duty and gone the distance without delays, running the whole show on diesel (#1 at 30 below). Screwing around with charging the workhorse isn't gong to cut it.
Just a few thoughts from a place where pickups nearly outnumber cars.
