I mean I very much want an electric truck just not for $70,000+, I need a a vehicle that can do the following:
- Carry a 4 person family
- Is reliable/newer/won’t break down
- Can do trips to the hardware store/hold lumber/drywall/etc on occasion
- Can move furniture/appliances on occasion
- Can move hay/straw on a semi regular basis
- Bonus points if I can take off road/on mountain trails
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.