Only 5% of next car purchasers expect to buy all electric cars-Road and Track.

[wilberforce15]

Years ago I was at a Toyota dealer getting my car worked on.
I strolled through the lot and saw many new Prius'.
The sticker said "fair market value".

I asked the salesman what that meant. He, essentially, couldn't tell me.
I would rather take a beating with a baseball bat than deal with a car salesman.

Agreed. That's another reason love tesla. Buy it on an app in a few minutes and never talk to anyone.

 

[What'dyabringmetoday???]

Lemme guess you’re driving some kind of Dodge Ram with a mural on the tailgate

You got me. I wish I could meet you and gain some wisdom. Thank you for everything you do. At least you can complete a sentence as opposed to "Gumby". I feel bad for that person.

 

[newolddude]

North Carolina Looks to Remove Public EV Chargers, Probably to the Trash

A bill currently in the works in the North Carolina legislature would allocate $50,000 to get rid of free public EV chargers unless free gas pumps are built alongside.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[trickpony1]

Agreed. That's another reason love tesla. Buy it on an app in a few minutes and never talk to anyone.

You're still pimping Tesla?

Only a fool would make a major investment "sight unseen".

I've got some ocean front property to sell you.

Sight seen helping.

 

[wilberforce15]

You're still pimping Tesla?

Only a fool would make a major investment "sight unseen".

I've got some ocean front property to sell you.

Sight seen helping.

He said new cars.
They're all the same. It's a Tesla. You choose like three features.
Looking at the particular one you're getting is silly.

Grandpa helping.

 

[tourists24]

Another good reason that the electric vehicles still are still not ready to surpass the gas engine

 

[rod]

Another good reason that the electric vehicles still are still not ready to surpass the gas engine

85 miles on a full charge. Ford should be ashamed of themselves for even producing such a POS.

 

[wilberforce15]

85 miles on a full charge. Ford should be ashamed of themselves for even producing such a POS.

Towing has always been the achilles heel of EVs. It can take away 1/2 to 3/4 of the range in a heartbeat.

They're trying to tow with a 50k price EV, and that's simply not going to happen. It's not a POS at all. It just has a role, and plays that role well. It does badly when you make it do something else.

 

[wilberforce15]

Another good reason that the electric vehicles still are still not ready to surpass the gas engine

They're already ready to surpass the gas engine at everything except long-haul or heavy towing.

That day will come. You can enjoy your remaining time in the sun.

 

[rod]

Towing has always been the achilles heel of EVs. It can take away 1/2 to 3/4 of the range in a heartbeat.

They're trying to tow with a 50k price EV, and that's simply not going to happen. It's not a POS at all. It just has a role, and plays that role well. It does badly when you make it do something else.

What would its "role" be if not to be able to haul and tow things? Is its role to drive around empty all the time and look pretty because if you put a load on it or behind it it will fall on its face?

 

[UnionStrong]

What would its "role" be if not to be able to haul and tow things? Is its role to drive around empty all the time and look pretty because if you put a load on it or behind it it will fall on its face?

He’s a Tesla fan boy

 

[rod]

He’s a Tesla fan boy

Oh I know all about the #1 Tesla fan.

 

[wilberforce15]

What would its "role" be if not to be able to haul and tow things? Is its role to drive around empty all the time and look pretty because if you put a load on it or behind it it will fall on its face?

The vast majority of truck owners and users do not push past the capabilities of that machine.
It's pathetic, but it's true. Most trucks are vanity.
And non-cybertrucks had to skimp on capacity and towing in order to meet price points. Most users are unaffected.

 

[wilberforce15]

He’s a Tesla fan boy

Who is trying to defend the second-rate manufacturers at the moment.
The premium version of the cybertruck would tow it 3 times that far.

 

[wilberforce15]

He’s a Tesla fan boy

I'm accurate about its plain superiority, from supply chain and manufacturing to end product. It's really not even close.

 

[wilberforce15]

If you want towing, go buy an EV semi that hauls max load up a 5% grade at 75mph for as long as you want, and has a range of 500 miles, which is double the average needed for most short trucking operations.
That exists.
But they pick on this stupid little truck.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

What would its "role" be if not to be able to haul and tow things? Is its role to drive around empty all the time and look pretty because if you put a load on it or behind it it will fall on its face?

That describes like 90% of truck owners.

 

[wilberforce15]

That describes like 90% of truck owners.

My pencil-neck computer programmer neighbor is in the Army National Guard, drives a big Dodge Ram, and hasn't successfully figured out how to use a shovel or trim a tree.

But he's quite capable of paying through the nose for a lawn overhaul that he killed by failing to water it.

So.....that's the average truck owner.

 

[vantexan]

If you want towing, go buy an EV semi that hauls max load up a 5% grade at 75mph for as long as you want, and has a range of 500 miles, which is double the average needed for most short trucking operations.
That exists.
But they pick on this stupid little truck.

Who is going to buy a semi to tow their travel trailer? Maybe most truck owners don't need the capacity, but millions of RVers do. Ranchers towing horse trailers or cattle to market. The list is endless.

 

[oldngray]

Even if you only need to tow something once in a while why should you need to buy another truck just for that? If you ever need to tow then you never need to buy something that is useless for it.