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That will be a city truck to go for groceries. Rural areas have very sparse infrastructure and 150mi on one charge means wasting half a day every two days recha

by akomtu 5y ago

That will be a city truck to go for groceries. Rural areas have very sparse infrastructure and 150mi on one charge means wasting half a day every two days recharging it.

XorNot 5y ago
That seems like an odd assumption. Rural areas are more likely to have ready access to charging infrastructure since garages and solar panels are all readily installed. Wouldn't it just be charging overnight?
Fomite 5y ago
I live in a rural area - 150 miles on a charge is close enough to get to the nearest major city and back on a single charge (and there is a EV charger on that route). Would I use it as my daily ride? Probably not. But I think there's considerably more utility to it than just going for groceries.
gscott 5y ago
Plus gas is usually cheaper in Rural areas (at least where my son lives in North Dakota/Minnesota area)
jillesvangurp 5y ago
You charge overnight every night so you have a full charge every morning. On the road, you use fast chargers to top it up in 30 minutes or so at a fraction of the cost you would use to fill up a petrol truck. Filling up an ice Ford truck costs a small fortune so stretching your legs for half an hour is a minor inconvenience compared to that. And of course if that's actually a regular thing in your life, you'd hopefully have the economic sensibility to drive something more fuel efficient than an ICE truck. If you have a power outage it powers your home for a few days. Put some solar panels on the roof of your home and you can basically go off grid with this vehicle. Basically, this is the ultimate vehicle for rural areas that can run long after petrol supplies get disrupted in case of hurricanes, snow blizzards, etc. Rural people are indeed not the target market (rich middle aged suburban people are) but you have to admit, it could work rather well for them. Probably the second hand market for these things will be very competitive in a few years.

by akomtu 5y ago

That will be a city truck to go for groceries. Rural areas have very sparse infrastructure and 150mi on one charge means wasting half a day every two days recharging it.

XorNot 5y ago

That seems like an odd assumption. Rural areas are more likely to have ready access to charging infrastructure since garages and solar panels are all readily installed. Wouldn't it just be charging overnight?

Fomite 5y ago

I live in a rural area - 150 miles on a charge is close enough to get to the nearest major city and back on a single charge (and there is a EV charger on that route). Would I use it as my daily ride? Probably not. But I think there's considerably more utility to it than just going for groceries.

gscott 5y ago

Plus gas is usually cheaper in Rural areas (at least where my son lives in North Dakota/Minnesota area)

jillesvangurp 5y ago

You charge overnight every night so you have a full charge every morning. On the road, you use fast chargers to top it up in 30 minutes or so at a fraction of the cost you would use to fill up a petrol truck. Filling up an ice Ford truck costs a small fortune so stretching your legs for half an hour is a minor inconvenience compared to that. And of course if that's actually a regular thing in your life, you'd hopefully have the economic sensibility to drive something more fuel efficient than an ICE truck. If you have a power outage it powers your home for a few days. Put some solar panels on the roof of your home and you can basically go off grid with this vehicle. Basically, this is the ultimate vehicle for rural areas that can run long after petrol supplies get disrupted in case of hurricanes, snow blizzards, etc. Rural people are indeed not the target market (rich middle aged suburban people are) but you have to admit, it could work rather well for them. Probably the second hand market for these things will be very competitive in a few years.