Sales orders say differently. Since the majority of truck owners nowadays aren’t people who use them for work, they are popular, and nothing is wrong with them. They have more power than a gas truck as well.
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Spyd3r@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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bemenaker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
jose1324@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nothing is wrong with them?
bemenaker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
OK, but that is a totally different topic than electric trucks are bad, which was the start of this discussion. Do I think that there should be less trucks on the road, yes. When I was younger, you didn’t own a truck unless you regularly hauled stuff in the bed, or towed stuff. Now people own them just because. But again, you have totally changed the topic here.
jose1324@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hey, I’m not the one that said nothing is wrong with them and that they are good.
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TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How so?
UristMcHolland@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s probably not what they were thinking but a Van can do most anything a truck can do except when it comes to off-road capabilities. For hauling and towing, a Van can usually do the same job without being a machine designed to kill pedestrians.
Drop_All_Users@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ugh, no I don’t want to throw a bunch of hay and straw inside a van, you’ll have straw stuck in the crevices of the dashboard forever.
Drop_All_Users@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean I very much want an electric truck just not for $70,000+, I need a a vehicle that can do the following:
If there was an affordable electric truck that could do this I would buy it, but I bought my (used) Tacoma for about $25k 4 years ago and I really can’t justify anything more expensive then that.
So if they can bring electric trucks down in price, I will buy one, and I want it to look like a truck, I would never consider a cyber truck, thats beyond ugly.
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Once a f150 lightning is as used as that Tacoma was when you bought it, then it should make sense. All the examples with issues from factory mistakes would have weeded themselves out of the used truck pool, and there should be enough newer fancier electric trucks to bring down the value of today’s trucks when they’re 5-10 years old.
As long as you’re not towing or road tripping, it should do everything on your list for a reasonable price. It just going to be a while.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We all have a similar scenario where vehicles are so expensive that we really need them to cover every use case. Married people at least have the option of different vehicles for different use cases
I have to admit, I’m considering whether I can swing two cars to better serve my needs: an EV most of the time, but keep my SUV for groups or carrying or road trips
grayman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No real towing or load hauling capability. Edison is the only company that seems to be honest about that and is working to overcome the problem.
SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com 1 year ago
Electric vehicles have instant torque, can use actual independent motors for each wheel to maximize grip, and can have higher hp than their gas counterparts. They have better towing and hauling capabilities than a comparable gas equivalent, I get you don’t understand physics but it’s a pretty basic concept, ffs…
grayman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
To clarify, it’s the capacity, not the motors. Check out this garbage: youtu.be/3nS0Fdayj8Y Electric motors are clearly better in pretty much every way. But carrying literal tons of batteries with a reduced travel distance and hours of down time to charge is not going to work. Seriously, check out Edison Motors. Their electric truck is a balance of electric, battery capacity, and recharge with an onboard generator OR from the grid.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean, if you make a diesel/electric hybrid, it isn’t going to be that hard to fix the problem. Still has emissions, though.
grayman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Look up Edison Motors. Diesel is very efficient if operated at its optimal fuel/air mixture at the right rpm, like what happens in a generator. Emissions are already coming out of coal and gas plants. We have a problem today with infrastructure. Trying to skip the transition by going straight to electric only will not work at scale. This is already being proven. And zero emissions is a myth. What we’re doing is shifting emissions upstream. Incremental improvements and gradual reductions using the existing infrastructure while the new infrastructure is organically built due to market pressure is the only way forward. Forcing the leap is failing and will continue to fail.