F150 Lightning
#301
Lexus Test Driver
Less than 75% tow their trucks more than once a year.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/...cowboy-costume
3/4ths couldn't give a crap about towing. To add insult to injury, only 70% go off-roading once or less a year. A full 35% don't use the bed more than once to haul stuff. For a huge portion of America, this will be much much much better overall for them than a ICE that consumes 15mpg.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/...cowboy-costume
3/4ths couldn't give a crap about towing. To add insult to injury, only 70% go off-roading once or less a year. A full 35% don't use the bed more than once to haul stuff. For a huge portion of America, this will be much much much better overall for them than a ICE that consumes 15mpg.
#302
Lexus Champion
From my house to Athens is 5% total grade. It would be a PAIN to make it out there with a trailer vs what I do now in the Toyota
#303
Lexus Fanatic
70% going offroading... surprises me its so high...
#304
Lexus Champion
Then why did you buy a truck? Just rent one as needed......the point of a truck is a one and done all in one. If it can't do that then just rent one and use an EV car day to day
#305
Lexus Fanatic
#306
Lexus Champion
Less than 75% tow their trucks more than once a year.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/...cowboy-costume
3/4ths couldn't give a crap about towing. To add insult to injury, only 70% go off-roading once or less a year. A full 35% don't use the bed more than once to haul stuff. For a huge portion of America, this will be much much much better overall for them than a ICE that consumes 15mpg.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/...cowboy-costume
3/4ths couldn't give a crap about towing. To add insult to injury, only 70% go off-roading once or less a year. A full 35% don't use the bed more than once to haul stuff. For a huge portion of America, this will be much much much better overall for them than a ICE that consumes 15mpg.
#307
Lexus Test Driver
#308
Lexus Fanatic
People like trucks, and there are a lot of uses for a truck other than towing. One thing thats awesome about this is the ability to use it as a generator, imagine camping with this and having access to all that power.
#309
Lexus Fanatic
#310
Lexus Champion
Uh....I would NOT want to tap into my only way to move the car around on a longer trip or camp. I bring a panel with me instead to run a battery bank for stuff.
#311
Lexus Champion
True. My Jeep goes 5 times a year on paths that would kill a highlander class vehicle though so I can say I actually do use it's abilities.
#312
Lexus Test Driver
Yeah...anything under 20mpg is just bad. Some people don't care but I'd rather have a truck EV to do city stuff that gets 70mpge with a 0-60 in 4s. I'm pretty sure the 200k other pre orders are thinking like me.
#313
Lexus Champion
I've haven't bought it, I'm on the pre-order waiting list. I thought I already mentioned I'm not going to follow through with buying. I'm going to hold on to my Sienna for the next few years. I may buy one to replace my Sienna in the next 5 year or so. My Sienna has been paid off for the last 7 years, and I have easily another 10 years of life on it
#314
Lexus Test Driver
More power to you. I never disputed that ICE is better for range, towing, off-roading, and track sessions. For everything else, give me an EV.
#315
Lexus Fanatic
You don't realize how much battery capacity something like this has for uses such as running lights or a refrigerator or something like that. This will power your home for 3 days at 30 kwh a day, which is the average usage in the US. I'm a HEAVY power user, my home uses about 60 KWH a day, so it can power my home at full use for 36 hours. A full refrigerator uses about 1.23 KWH per day. Powering some lights, a mini fridge and a speaker system is no problem.
Last edited by SW17LS; 05-11-22 at 06:01 PM.