But it wasn't designed to be a workhorse. It was designed to signal virtue. ‘This truck can’t do normal truck things’: YouTube star says towing with Ford’s new electric pickup is a ‘total disaster’ in viral video — but Wall Street still likes these 3 EV stocks
He tried to tow his 1935 Ford truck, on trailer, with his virtue-signalling electric truck. (I put the video link in the quote below.)
“If a truck towing 3,500 pounds can’t even go 100 miles … that is ridiculously stupid. This truck can’t do normal truck things,” Hoover says.
The video, titled “Towing with my Ford Lightning EV Pickup was a TOTAL DISASTER!” has now amassed more than 2.3 million views.
“You would be stopping every hour to recharge, which would take about 45 minutes a pop, and that is absolutely not practical.”
And that assumes you can find a charger every 100 miles. Or you could throw a gasoline generator in the truck and a few 5-gallon gas cans.
And that was an ancient truck on an open trailer. A reasonable-sized enclosed trailer, say 6 X 12 feet, will weigh more than 1000 pounds empty. A decent RV will weigh that much or more.
So yeah, buy an electric truck to signal your Green cred; just don't try to do much with it.
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