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

[rod]

I admit it: With a gross weight the same as a Ford-250, this is a terrible choice for ice fishermen.

It would be interesting to let it set out on a lake over night in Mn. in Feb. on a 30 below zero night while ice fishing and see how its frozen batteries react when asked to pull a 5 or 6 thousand pound fish house off of Lake of the Woods ----10 or20+miles. Hundreds of regular pickups do that every winter weekend.

 

[wilberforce15]

It would be interesting to let it set out on a lake over night in Mn. in Feb. on a 30 below zero night while ice fishing and see how its frozen batteries react when asked to pull a 5 or 6 thousand pound fish house off of Lake of the Woods ----10 or20+miles. Hundreds of regular pickups do that every winter weekend.

It would do that just fine, and you could sleep at 70F in the secured bed with a solid tonneau.
The question is the weight on the ice.

 

[rod]

It would do that just fine, and you could sleep at 70F in the secured bed with a solid tonneau.
The question is the weight on the ice.

I would let you know if the ice was safe----TRUST me.

 

[wilberforce15]

I would let you know if the ice was safe----TRUST me.

People already do deep Canadian winter camping in Model Ys. They have half the battery of the truck.

 

[vantexan]

Selling 2 million fairy dusts this year.

The 3 was fairy dust. Then the Y was. They'll sell 10 million fairy dusts a year soon enough.

We're talking trucks. It's a unicorn until it hits the streets.

 

[wilberforce15]

Hang something off the end and the truck IS the fish house with its own heat. The climate control goes into the bed of you want.

 

[rod]

Hang something off the end and the truck IS the fish house with its own heat. The climate control goes into the bed of you want.

You sure have a lot of faith in batteries that really haven't had any real long term tests on them

 

[vantexan]

You sure have a lot of faith in batteries that really haven't had any real long term tests on them

At least a hybrid kicks in to top off the battery after you run the climate control awhile. An EV takes that right off its range.

 

[oldngray]

St. Pete family: Electric car battery replacement costs more than car

The family said a dealership told the family it would cost them about $14,000 to replace the car's battery.

www.wtsp.com

 

[Babagounj]

A battery in an electric car, lets say an average Tesla, is made of 25 pounds of lithium, 60 pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds of cobalt, 200 pounds of copper, and 400 pounds of aluminum,
steel, and plastic, etc...... averaging 750-1,000 pounds of minerals, that had to be mined and processed into a battery that merely stores electricity.

 

[newolddude]

The Lucid Air Grand Touring Makes the Tesla Model S Feel Kinda Pointless

With better build quality, nicer materials and vastly superior battery range, the Air makes the Model S seem old, cheap and outdated.

jalopnik.com

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

Wilbur, they park tractor trailers hauling snowmobiles on lakes up there. Ice can be 24-30in during a cold year. Not saying it is brilliant. I've heard a couple stories of the going through the ice.

 

[wilberforce15]

Wilbur, they park tractor trailers hauling snowmobiles on lakes up there. Ice can be 24-30in during a cold year. Not saying it is brilliant. I've heard a couple stories of the going through the ice.

Oh of course there really are places that can take big rigs. But I'm just saying a heavier truck limits options.

 

[wilberforce15]

St. Pete family: Electric car battery replacement costs more than car

The family said a dealership told the family it would cost them about $14,000 to replace the car's battery.

www.wtsp.com

Ford.

 

[wilberforce15]

You sure have a lot of faith in batteries that really haven't had any real long term tests on them

They've all been tested more than any user will ever use them.

 

[rod]

It would do that just fine, and you could sleep at 70F in the secured bed with a solid tonneau.
The question is the weight on the ice.

Apparently you have never watched Ice Road Truckers. Good ice (stuff that hasn't froze and thawed and refroze a few times) has amazing strength. I've seen a one ton Ford dually pulling a car trailer loaded with a 4,000 pound fish house on it drive 2 miles across a lake on 8 inches of good ice. I wouldn't recommend it but I've seen it done. The Dept. of Natural Resources recommends 12 inches of ice to support a full size pickup. 8 inches for a car. Ice is super strong and then you have to add its buoyancy to the equation.

 

[wilberforce15]

Apparently you have never watched Ice Road Truckers. Good ice (stuff that hasn't froze and thawed and refroze a few times) has amazing strength. I've seen a one ton Ford dually pulling a car trailer loaded with a 4,000 pound fish house on it drive 2 miles across a lake on 8 inches of good ice. I wouldn't recommend it but I've seen it done. The Dept. of Natural Resources recommends 12 inches of ice to support a full size pickup. 8 inches for a car. Ice is super strong and then you have to add its buoyancy to the equation.

And yet, my point remains the same. You can do more ice fishing in a regular truck than in a cybertruck. I was throwing you a (fish) bone. Just take it.

Of course I know there are lots of places that can take a fully loaded big rig.

 

[rod]

Singing ice is the best.

 

[rod]

About the LAST thing I would want a car doing.

 

[rod]