"The Ford all-electric F-150 is set to transform American car culture"

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Anonymous wrote:Still uses fossil fuels, nuclear, and whatever is powering the electrical grid that it needs to run. So there's that.

You mean the solar panels on top of my house?

Do you have a battery to store solar energy?

Which state are you in?

The truck IS the battery, if you plug it in during the day.

You store the power from your house solar panels in your truck battery?

The truck has a huge battery. (Or, in my case, my car.) If you're charging it when your solar panels are producing more electricity than your house is consuming, you're storing the excess in the truck. Some EVs, including the Ford F-150 and the new Kias, can also send power back from the vehicle to your house. So that's basically like having a mobile battery. But the concept is the same, either way -- instead of sending excess electricity back into the grid, you're putting it in the battery you use to drive.

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Anonymous wrote:320 miles for the extended range version isn't terrible. These trucks will be HEAVY.

230 miles for the normal version.

That is plenty of mileage for people who use them for work. And - let's get real - the first batch of these will be bought by rich people for driving around, not work.

First batch?? They have been out for a while.

Production began in late April, so I guess that depends on how you define "a while," but seems like still the first batch, to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Still uses fossil fuels, nuclear, and whatever is powering the electrical grid that it needs to run. So there's that.

You mean the solar panels on top of my house?

Do you have a battery to store solar energy?

Which state are you in?

The truck IS the battery, if you plug it in during the day.

You store the power from your house solar panels in your truck battery?

The truck has a huge battery. (Or, in my case, my car.) If you're charging it when your solar panels are producing more electricity than your house is consuming, you're storing the excess in the truck. Some EVs, including the Ford F-150 and the new Kias, can also send power back from the vehicle to your house. So that's basically like having a mobile battery. But the concept is the same, either way -- instead of sending excess electricity back into the grid, you're putting it in the battery you use to drive.

Which state are you in?

There are restrictions on grid vs battery.

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Anonymous wrote:Still uses fossil fuels, nuclear, and whatever is powering the electrical grid that it needs to run. So there's that.

You mean the solar panels on top of my house?

Do you have a battery to store solar energy?

Which state are you in?

The truck IS the battery, if you plug it in during the day.

You store the power from your house solar panels in your truck battery?

The truck has a huge battery. (Or, in my case, my car.) If you're charging it when your solar panels are producing more electricity than your house is consuming, you're storing the excess in the truck. Some EVs, including the Ford F-150 and the new Kias, can also send power back from the vehicle to your house. So that's basically like having a mobile battery. But the concept is the same, either way -- instead of sending excess electricity back into the grid, you're putting it in the battery you use to drive.

Which state are you in?

There are restrictions on grid vs battery.

D.C. No idea what you're talking about on restrictions -- there are no restrictions here that would affect whether I charge my car or send power back into the grid. Charging my car is, again, just storing excess power in the battery. My EV isn't able to send power back to the house, though.

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Anonymous wrote:320 miles for the extended range version isn't terrible. These trucks will be HEAVY.

230 miles for the normal version.

That is plenty of mileage for people who use them for work. And - let's get real - the first batch of these will be bought by rich people for driving around, not work.

So then the realistic mileage is 275 & 190?

They are selling it as a power source. Power those tools?

Throw in some heavy equipment, a/c, and a 60 mile drive each way.

Could be cutting it close.

No the mileage is 300 with 2,000 pound in the bed. Without a load it’s likely 400 plus.

No one is getting 400+.

It’s 320 without the load. But that’s unrealistic for real-world driving.

They’ll be lucky to get 300.

Guess it won’t be used much for towing trailers.

That’s what we would use it for so we can get off the list now. We signed up as soon as the announcement came out, and our number is still not up. We have a standard F150 and love it I was just trying to be more earth conscious.

TBH, I'm not sure an EV appropriate for towing will be available for another 5 years. The battery tech isn't there yet to make it go a few hundred miles on a single charge while towing 3 tons. That's for any of the current EV manufacturers.

Wait and see what happens with the Cyber Truck.

Model X seems to be doing ok. 235 miles for 3200 lb trailer.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/technology/a40049535/tesla-model-x-bowlus-towing-test/

Vaporware

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be great for farm and ranch trucks.

Farmers and ranchers are doing all that well.