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Source for claim?

toomuchtodo 4y ago
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-siz... > Truck owners might protest that they are slightly less likely than owners of other categories to use their vehicle as primary transport (83% vs. 95%), limiting the miles and gallons. And they might also protest that trucks provide capabilities that other vehicles lack. But, as it turns out, a significant portion of truck owners never use their trucks for these capabilities. According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less. > So what do people actually like about trucks? According to Edwards, the answer is counterintuitive. Truck drivers use their trucks very much like other car owners: for commuting to and from work, presumably alone. The thing that most distinguishes truck owners from those of other vehicles is their sheer love of driving. “The highest indexed use among truck owners is pleasure driving,” says Edwards. Truck drivers use their vehicles this way fully twice as often as the industry average. “This is the freedom that trucks offer,” says Edwards. > “When asked for attributes that are important to them,” Edwards says, “truck owners oversample in ones like: the ability to outperform others, to look good while driving, to present a tough image, to have their car act as extension of their personality, and to stand out in a crowd.” Trucks deliver on all of that. At a price.
- MerelyMortal 4y ago
  Nothing in the text you quoted proves your claim: You wrote 50+% = 0 whereas the text you quoted says 70% ≤ 1 You also added a bunch of other text unrelated to your claim. Dislike of something does not turn opinion into fact.
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    Doesn’t bother me at all. I provided a citation showing how little trucks are used for truck use cases, demonstrating that electric trucks would be fine for the consumers of these vehicles. Your dislike of the citation doesn’t make the data not exist. If they want to keep paying current petroleum prices to drive their combustion trucks, by all means, proceed. Not my household budget.
    - MerelyMortal 4y ago
      It doesn't bother you at all that you're spreading misinformation, that you value opinions over facts?

Source for claim?

https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-siz... > Truck owners might protest that they are slightly less likely than owners of other categories to use their vehicle as primary transport (83% vs. 95%), limiting the miles and gallons. And they might also protest that trucks provide capabilities that other vehicles lack. But, as it turns out, a significant portion of truck owners never use their trucks for these capabilities. According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less. > So what do people actually like about trucks? According to Edwards, the answer is counterintuitive. Truck drivers use their trucks very much like other car owners: for commuting to and from work, presumably alone. The thing that most distinguishes truck owners from those of other vehicles is their sheer love of driving. “The highest indexed use among truck owners is pleasure driving,” says Edwards. Truck drivers use their vehicles this way fully twice as often as the industry average. “This is the freedom that trucks offer,” says Edwards. > “When asked for attributes that are important to them,” Edwards says, “truck owners oversample in ones like: the ability to outperform others, to look good while driving, to present a tough image, to have their car act as extension of their personality, and to stand out in a crowd.” Trucks deliver on all of that. At a price.

MerelyMortal 4y ago
Nothing in the text you quoted proves your claim: You wrote 50+% = 0 whereas the text you quoted says 70% ≤ 1 You also added a bunch of other text unrelated to your claim. Dislike of something does not turn opinion into fact.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Doesn’t bother me at all. I provided a citation showing how little trucks are used for truck use cases, demonstrating that electric trucks would be fine for the consumers of these vehicles. Your dislike of the citation doesn’t make the data not exist. If they want to keep paying current petroleum prices to drive their combustion trucks, by all means, proceed. Not my household budget.
  - MerelyMortal 4y ago
    It doesn't bother you at all that you're spreading misinformation, that you value opinions over facts?