I'm a reporter and I'm wondering: What do folks think of the forthcoming electric F-150? Is anyone considering buying one?

 

Retracted.

 

If there was a PHEV with 50 (or more) miles of electric range I would buy one right now. Being able to just plug it in at home every day would be awesome

If there was an electric F150, I MIGHT buy one depending on range. I like to think that I use my F150 for long trips in the middle of nowhere, which could be an issue if the range wasn't good. Give me 1000 miles and I'll be happy

Give me bidirectional charging to be able to use it as a solar/home battery, and now you have my attention...

 

When you have to book 2 hotel rooms and spend 3 days to make a trip pulling your RV from SE Michigan to the upper lower peninsula, you're not gonna buy an electric pickup.

As soon as they make an F150 that has the RANGE of a gas pickup with the ability to fully recharge under an hour, I would then consider one.

 

This is why I think a PHEV model would be awesome. For trips to Home Depot I could use no gas, just charge it up. But for longer trips or generator mode, you can use the gas engine

 

I'm really only interested in an EV that is proven and works as its supposed to...with a decent range.

 

Current EV's get less than a third of that in real world driving conditions, with the Tesla 3 Long-Range version reaching around 289 miles only; and the Tesla Model 3 reaching 239 miles.

Out of Spec Motoring drove a Mustang Mach E from Los Angles to Colorado and such long distance trips you have to plan them from charging point to charging point, and spend hours upon hours waiting during charges


I might be tempted with an EV for daily work commutes, but, an EV truck is definitely not in my future any time soon.

 

Not I

Didn't pan out so well back then either. Plus the added costs of batteries, mining the materials, down time charging if there's a place to recharge, where does that power derive from, what were the costs involved in that, etc.




I had my slot cars as I grew up, had Lionel trains too, but I'll keep my fleet on dependable fossil fuels.

 

Hours upon hours waiting...

The super charge sites will charge the extended range model from 10% to 80% in under 30 minutes...or from 5% to 90% in 37 minutes.
Have a cup of coffee, smell the roses...

Theres now over 4500 super charge stations across the US...

Cheap price to pay for free energy.

 

Per the article cited, the extended range version got 289 miles once. Even assuming it did it every time, getting an 80% charge but leaving 10% at the end, that's 70% --- or ~202 useable miles per charge. I just took the wife and two kids on a road trip to Florida. It was 1,260 miles one way to Venice, FL. That's 6 charges or 3 hours of wasted time drinking coffee and smelling roses. Half the trip was through mountains and uneven ground ... you're not getting 289 miles on a charge there. Oh, and what about all the crap we took down there and back for spring break? That barely fit in the back of the Expedition MAX, so there's no way that would fit in a Tesla.

Teslas are cool commuter vehicles for sure, but they (nor ANY PEV) are no where near close to replacing most gasoline powered vehicles for how Americans use their vehicles, especially pickups.