Electric Pickup Truck

Sure, normal expenses are deductible.  But the oil and gas industry is heavily subsidized by being allowed to explore and drill on public lands at ridiculously low rates.  No other industry has that distinct advantage.

Really?  I'm interested in seeing some statistics comparing/contrasting per acre lease bonus payments and annual lease rates and production royalty rates paid for exploration and production from public lands vs private lands in the same region.  What you say does not square with my understanding.

Foy

This just out on the Expedition Portal.... a nice promo for the F150

https://expeditionpo...strike-in-2022/

This just out on the Expedition Portal.... a nice promo for the F150

 

https://expeditionpo...strike-in-2022/

Very interesting!   Looks like a capable truck!

If it is True of a 500 mile range.... The Ram looks good!

https://carbuzz.com/...ook-like-a-joke

As rubberlegs pointed out in comment #44, the real challenge for using electric pickups for camping will be recharging (followed by weight if going off road).

The extended range Ford Lightning uses a 131 kWh battery pack.  Without a specialty Ford electric vehicle recharging station in even established campgrounds how will the batteries get recharged?  The 500 mile range means one cannot go more than a 250 mile radius from the nearest charging station (250 out and 250 back).

Might be OK for local trips once some charging stations are established (Tesla uses a proprietary charging connector that only works with Tesla vehicles).

It seems that the viability of electric vehicles for serious camping trips is still a long way off.

https://www.plugshar...f-150-lightning

I love the idea.. but extended trips wouldn't really be an option and that's what we use ours for mostly.. and Baja would be out of the question.. 

Here is what we did... 

We just picked up a Kia EV6 last weekend. We will use it for as much local driving as we can and save all the gas $$ for the truck.. 

I love the idea.. but extended trips wouldn't really be an option and that's what we use ours for mostly.. and Baja would be out of the question.. 

 

Here is what we did... 

We just picked up a Kia EV6 last weekend. We will use it for as much local driving as we can and save all the gas $$ for the truck.. 

+1 on an electric or high mpg daily driver. I bought a little civic that gets 3 times better mileage than my truck. I only use the truck for camping. The $ I saved on fuel has already paid off the little car. My hope is that in 10 years they work all the bugs out and we look at the EV options then.

+1 on an electric or high mpg daily driver. I bought a little civic that gets 3 times better mileage than my truck. I only use the truck for camping. The $ I saved on fuel has already paid off the little car. My hope is that in 10 years they work all the bugs out and we look at the EV options then.

Exactly.. We now have a full EV, a Toyota Prius and the gas guzzling truck.. We run a roofing business for a living so the truck is sometimes used for that, but have found I can do 95% of what I need with the Prius. As for money savings, the Prius has paid for itself in just gas in 2.5 years (not to mention the wear and tear on the truck). It also keeps the mileage low on the truck so hopefully it will last a very long time because the new ones are really expensive...

I like the idea as my wife has a Subaru... great car for the winter snow but I'd love her to get an EV ...we currently (!) have 20 solar panels that covers 100% of our electricity which also include 4 month of electric radiant floor heat in 3 rooms. 

My Colorado mini diesel gets 21 mpg with the camper on. That was great for the last 5 years but with the insanely high diesel prices now (those pesky oil companies are making huge profits of late as well?) I think the interim solution is just what has been said... get an EV car and save $ for the camper truck.

I honestly think it is coming way faster than many think. Tech is exponential in its growth and batteries are the gold to be made. I'd love an EV truck, Great torque, towing, haul load weight... "Frunk" storage! I bet they will have a 500 mile capacity within 3 years. Solar is on nearly every home in the Nor'east. (I am very perplexed as to why "the Sunshine State" has hardly any).

I checked the cost at current cost of 13¢/kw and a Tesla has 100 KW battery  =  $13 a charge .... I just paid $106 for diesel ! 

Here is some light reading

https://www.motortre...enerator-power/

Edited by buckland, 15 May 2022 - 08:03 PM.

Buckland - do a calculation on how many panels you would need on a camper roof to recharge a Ford Lightning.  ;-)

For example, according to the article at the following link using a regular 30 A outlet at 110V it can take 4 days to fully recharge the extended range Ford Lightning battery.  I'm seeing a variety of claims on the range with the extended battery pack in the end I think it winds up being only 300 miles with no cargo, but even if the range on full charge is 500 miles that is without the added load of a camper or passenger or gear.

https://tiremeetsroa...20-volt-outlet/


My conclusion - not a good camper platform

 

Edited by ckent323, 15 May 2022 - 08:24 PM.