GRA said:
Marktm said:
Yes, hauling 4 dirt bikes in a trailer, plus riders and gear on a 1300 mile straight thru trip to Colorado might be a stretch for an EV pickup! (even with a great charge station network of the future). Likely always will be room for gas/diesel based vehicles - until legislated out of existence.
Yup, barring a huge improvement in batteries that sort of job is simply a poor fit for a BEV. As with long-haul trucking, an FCEV or PHFCEV is far better suited to the (ZEV) task.
That's not too far from what Kyle Conner summarized in his latest video where he talks about driving all of the EV pickups, and what he thought was the best use case. Towing isn't / wasn't on his list. He fully admitted he was going to be using ICE / diesel for many more years for towing / heavy hauling.
He felt the Rivian, with a future max pack, was the camping / adventure truck. The Hummer was the muscle / tough guy champ, and the f150 was the around town do everything work truck.
Which left me wondering, what would I get? For full disclaimer, I've had f150s since forever, always an older used one. I use them for camping around the west, hiking trips, over nighting before hiking (which requires the 6.5 ft bed for me), and towing trailers such as our tent trailer, plus all kinds of around my house type work - hauling crap in the bed.
None of the three EV trucks would do these things - first, none of them are a 6.5' bed. Second, none have the legs to tow a trailer around the west. Third, even the long legged Rivian couldn't really to the camping trips I do, because the network around the west (especially Nevada) is still crap.
So we have a long ways to go, and I'll still be using my 2016 f150 for years to come I suspect. But I'm watching, and hoping.