How Far Can a Ford Lightning Tow an RV? Here’s How They Do the Math

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 16:55:00 +0000

Ford F-150 LightningRange is a primary concern with anyone hoping to take an EV on a road trip– and that all-important range number can take a huge hit when you start to add in factors like additional weight and vehicle loads. That make an EV driver’s dependence on their range estimate that much more important, and getting […]

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How Ford Gets Accurate Towing Range Estimates

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 16:52:00 +0000

When I bought my first EV with any kind of range that might work on a road trip, I fell into a trap. The 2018 Nissan LEAF was supposed to have a 150-mile range, so I initially thought that it could go an honest 150 miles on the highway. I quickly figured out that this […]

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GM’s Upcoming Electric Trucks & SUVs “Will Be Profitable From Day One” — CleanTechnica Report

Credit to Author: Loren McDonald| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:00:21 +0000

On Monday, General Motors announced its plans to build all-electric trucks and SUVs, along with the Cruise Origin, an electric autonomous ride sharing sharing vehicle, at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. I spoke with GM leadership about the news. Some initial notes are below. More are coming in a future article

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Current Pickup Truck Owners Prefer Electric Trucks From GM & Ford — Assuming Similar Specs

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:45:13 +0000

A new survey by Autolist reveals some surprising findings about electric pickup trucks. One thing is for sure: the Tesla CyberTruck has certainly set tongues wagging. Love it or hate it, it’s a game changer.

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Tesla Cybertruck tl;dr Preview: Elon Likes To Crush The Competition

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:10:09 +0000

Tesla pickup conceptFor better or worse, consumers (also known as “people”) typically organize products in their heads using simple descriptors or tags. Pre-Tesla, electric cars were not that well known. Among those who knew what an electric car was, the prevailing summary of them was that they were slow like golf carts, geeky, and only for a certain (weird) kind of person. Elon Musk and other early birds at Tesla blew those stereotypes out of the water

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Preparing For The Tesla CyberTruck: Pickups For Dummies

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 04:09:47 +0000

For this article I wanted to take a look at the pickup truck market to prepare for the upcoming announcement of Tesla’s pickup. As long as I was looking at the pickup market, I thought I might as well share my research with my readers

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