They promised us $45k trucks and delivered $100k trucks. No kidding it didn’t sell well.
They actually did sell them discounted down to $50K.
The reality is pickup drivers dont give a fuck about the environment.
I believe the Truck companies think people just want larger and larger trucks every year. I’m waiting until everyone is just driving monster trucks at this point lol
I drive a truck, a full size one at that, I care about the environment but I needed it for work. An electric truck would’ve been useful. Also if they were selling for $50k I sure didn’t see that anywhere.
Large, heavy electric vehicles don’t make a lot of sense. The F-150 lightning was a neat idea, but smaller EVs make far more sense for personal vehicles.
Electric vans would be much better as a work vehicle.
Electric work trucks aren’t ready yet.
Quite the contrary, the Lightning makes an excellent work truck for those who actually need work trucks. I know a couple people who use them that way. One of them owns a boat dealership and uses it for towing large and heavy boats every day. The other owns a construction business.
the Lightning makes an excellent work truck for those who actually need work trucks
yeah…no
the non-electric F-150 has multiple bed lengths (5.5’, 6.5’, and 8’)
the Lightning only offered the 5.5’ “short bed” length
if you actually need a work truck, the Lightning is deficient in the #1 thing that makes a work truck a work truck.
for another comparison - the “short bed” option on the F-250 is 6.75’ long, in addition to the 8’ “long bed”.
if you actually need a work truck, the Lightning is deficient in the #1 thing that makes a work truck a work truck.
yeah…no
The “#1 thing” depends on the application. It can be power, towing capacity, payload capacity, just a bed in general, the massive amount of electrical power available to power tools, passenger capacity, cost of ownership, etc. etc.
Cough.bullshit.cough.
Yes, an F150 lighning can haul a boat, no, not very far, and half that distance in cold weather.
Who said it was going very far? He tows them back and forth from the Marina to other water bodies in the local area or to customers’ homes.
I own one, and my experience disagrees with your conjecture.
That torque though
Lots of people need a truck, not a van. You can’t haul a couple cubic yards of top soil or gravel in a van. I see dozens of Lightnings in my area.
For that you use a $1500 trailer. The bizarre justifications for pickups are hilarious.
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Not a fan of already huge trucks with giant heavy batteries all at head level to me in my 2002 subaru.
They stopped making cars. How long before they also stop making trucks?
they’re gradually reducing the amount of vehicles sold while increasing the margin per vehicle. They’re approaching the limit of 1 vehicle sold at infinite margin.
If the F-150 Lightning wasn’t terrible and expensive, I might have bought one.
Damn shame. I don’t own one myself but owners that I’ve spoken to seemed genuinely pleased with it.
