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But that isn’t the part I suspect they faked. I suspect they didn’t actually build a battery powered truck, not even a prototype or demo. Instead they just bo
by natch 6y ago
But that isn’t the part I suspect they faked.
I suspect they didn’t actually build a battery powered truck, not even a prototype or demo.
Instead they just bolted a big electric motor into an existing truck, rigged it up to the crankshaft, and wired it up to power. Lame, if true. But it’s just my suspicion and I don’t know if it’s true. It was clearly a PR stunt timed to take some of the limelight away from Tesla.
- kllrnohj 6y agoWhy would they go through all that when it's super trivial & simple to just take a battery back and bolt it under the truck bed? An engineering team with a Ford marketing budget & a week of time could trivially do an EV conversion of an existing F150. People do EV conversions as a hobby in their garages at home, why would you immediately jump to such a conspiracy for something so simple? And the video of the stunt also has a bunch of angles, including an overhead shot, and there's no hint of anything like a power cord and the truck bed is visibly empty?
- natch 6y agoFair points. But I’ll believe they are sincere when they decommission or fully convert the bulk of their ICE car factories.