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The handwriting is on the wall. Ford just had a great quarter with their EV lineup. The F-150 Lightning is sold out in participating dealerships. On average, th

by hbarka 4y ago

The handwriting is on the wall. Ford just had a great quarter with their EV lineup. The F-150 Lightning is sold out in participating dealerships. On average, the Lightning turned inventory in just eight days, the fastest ever for Ford. This is in spite of some dealerships who refuse to sell EVs or were playing dirty with exorbitant markups.

spaceman_2020 4y ago
Does GM have anything in the lineup close to the Lightning? Everyone who drove that couldn’t stop raving about it.
- hbarka 4y ago
  On paper, the Silverado EV truck has specs that match or best the Lightning but we have to wait until 2024, late 2023. https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/silverado-ev https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/silverado-ev
- BuckRogers 4y ago
  The latest revision of the Chevy Bolt is getting strong reviews in the cheaper end of the EV car segment. It may be the best around today in fact if you listen to Sandy Munro, a former Ford engineer that now does teardowns and provides consulting services to industry players. The F150 Lightning is currently indeed very special but it's a limited window of glory. Got to hand it to them for being first alongside Rivian. I'm largely looking at Toyota and possibly GM myself for my next couple vehicles. Toyota for obvious reasons. GM has Super Cruise, which in my opinion is better autonomous driving tech than what Tesla has. Companies are just charging more than I want to spend for the top autonomous driving tech. If I were an old timer with retirement money, I'd already have a vehicle with it. To your original question though, it won't be cheap, but a Silverado EV will offer a High Country trim with Super Cruise. It'll be a nice product. And while quality at GM and Ford has been lacking, and still is compared to Toyota, the EV era is granting them a chance at a big reset. Where they failed in the internal combustion era, they could salvage their reputation with this clean slate. They're just simpler vehicles so less for their bean counting ways and shoddy manufacturing to screw up. Super Cruise has me optimistic for GM as those are the type of things that will be key differentiators going forward.

by hbarka 4y ago

spaceman_2020 4y ago

Does GM have anything in the lineup close to the Lightning? Everyone who drove that couldn’t stop raving about it.

hbarka 4y ago
On paper, the Silverado EV truck has specs that match or best the Lightning but we have to wait until 2024, late 2023. https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/silverado-ev https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/silverado-ev
BuckRogers 4y ago
The latest revision of the Chevy Bolt is getting strong reviews in the cheaper end of the EV car segment. It may be the best around today in fact if you listen to Sandy Munro, a former Ford engineer that now does teardowns and provides consulting services to industry players. The F150 Lightning is currently indeed very special but it's a limited window of glory. Got to hand it to them for being first alongside Rivian. I'm largely looking at Toyota and possibly GM myself for my next couple vehicles. Toyota for obvious reasons. GM has Super Cruise, which in my opinion is better autonomous driving tech than what Tesla has. Companies are just charging more than I want to spend for the top autonomous driving tech. If I were an old timer with retirement money, I'd already have a vehicle with it. To your original question though, it won't be cheap, but a Silverado EV will offer a High Country trim with Super Cruise. It'll be a nice product. And while quality at GM and Ford has been lacking, and still is compared to Toyota, the EV era is granting them a chance at a big reset. Where they failed in the internal combustion era, they could salvage their reputation with this clean slate. They're just simpler vehicles so less for their bean counting ways and shoddy manufacturing to screw up. Super Cruise has me optimistic for GM as those are the type of things that will be key differentiators going forward.