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the 'new' f-150
MIKE WISKEY
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"Choose the extended-range battery and you’re also choosing the fastest acceleration of any F-150 yet. With a targeted 563 horsepower and 775 lb.-ft. of torque,* this truck kicks in on the job – and kick-starts your weekend. Since the all-electric motors crank out so much torque nearly instantaneously, the F‑150 Lightning is targeted to reach 60 mph in the mid-four-second range.** See ya."
got this from Ford today.........plus a very large 'trunk' up front.
Comments
I suppose it will satisfy some misdirected urge.
Is there some reason I need a really fast work truck? Or is that an attribute for selling them to someone who will never get the be dirty? I think I'll pass. Bob
What is the price ?
Last time I needed 775 ft-lb of torque was........................................................
....................................................................................................... never.
My 1963 Land Rover makes 124 ft-lb of torque just off idle. I can pull ANYTHING out of a snowy ditch.
That's what matters to me. Throttle modulation and traction.
Nope, If I want real torque, I will go diesel.
I am really wanting to see how these do when towing something.
I'm waiting for them to get a battery pack that can go 400 miles, last 30 years, charge in a few minutes, and NOT burn like napalm when damaged or overheated! Other than that, I'd love electric 😁
Wondering when the first customer gets electrocuted by their vehicle.
or the poor neighborhood dog who pees on the tire...................
I got that same email yesterday. Impressive, but I'm happy with the 2015 one I have. I have less than 20K miles on it and I get 21.5 MPG. It should last me a while.
Joe
I think the best time to get in on any new technology is later. Much later. Let the other guys be the test monkeys! If, after the bugs are worked out, it seems to work great, go for it. JMHO.
It doesn't matter how battery vehicle technology advances when we have things like the 2021 Texas power grid failure. Texas had what we in west Michigan would call a normal storm and their power grid collapsed. Battery operated vehicles are useless when that happens. And subsequent investigations showed that huge amounts of the rest of the country aren't far behind them in electrical reliability. Of course with no power, gas stations are shut down as well but most of us have stored gasoline in containers so we could get to a doctor or hospital or somewhere important in an emergency.
Our country's power grid is in sad shape. As long as that's the case, electric vehicles are going to be limited in practicality.
Should do some great burnouts !
Agreed
...There goes the used truck/car market...average electric truck/car battery is "supposed" to last 80-100,000 miles or 6-10 years...at $8,000 to $15,000 battery replacement cost, plus $1,000 or MORE for labor, better hope your battery doesn't have a problem...and you thought a DIE HARD battery was expensive...
And all those batteries’ rare earth elements get dumped in a landfill.
Over a 200,000 mile lifetime, which vehicle contributes more pollution to the planet, a gas powered or electric powered vehicle? Accounting for everything... diesel burned during oil exploration, Chinese mining to extract rare earth elements and ship them here... everything.
Found out today the new Dodge trucks with the 700+ HP engines have an electronic speed limiter of 119 MPH. Speedometer only goes to 120 MPH. They also have a valet mode which only allows the truck to go 40 MPH.