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I am a New Zealander that lives rurally and I drive a Suzuki Swift. Do you not have roads where you live? If you need the truck for a farm or other job, well t

I am a New Zealander that lives rurally and I drive a Suzuki Swift. Do you not have roads where you live? If you need the truck for a farm or other job, well that's a bit different. But you will have to get used to the rest of society increasingly wanting to put a price on the externalities your work generates. Owning a truck _is_ going to keep getting more expensive and you should be planning for that now.

cudgy 5y ago
They’ll just get an electric truck. One will be available soon at a car lot nearby. Then we can stop this petty, nosy criticism.
- mgarfias 5y ago
  Have you seen the rivian reviews? The range while towing went from 300mi to 60. Not an option if you actually use your truck.
  - cudgy 5y ago
    60 miles is pretty good, considering most trucks aren’t usually towing a trailer. Obviously, if you are towing long distances, an electric truck does not make sense … yet. Diesel is the way to go. Again, most trucks aren’t towing long distances so towing range is not critical to electric trucks making sense for most uses.
    - mgarfias 5y ago
      Towing a few times per year completely trashes the utility of an all-electric truck. I do have a big diesel (1T) bought just to be able to tow heavy things. What I'd really like, no one makes: namely an electrically driven, so GOBS of low end torque, but with a diesel powered generator to keep the batteries charged. Give me 150mi of electric range (unloaded), and then a fuel tank big enough to pull a heavy load 500mi. Oh, and the ability to keep it plugged in at night so 80% of the time I'm not needing to use the diesel motor.