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A very interesting and well-done review. Frozen: Sorting F-150 Lightning cold-weather fact from fiction (greencarreports.com) The conclusion at the end is probably one of the best clearly stated objective looks at EVs. Nearly everything laid out above isn’t unique to Ford’s electric pickup truck. A lot of it could be about a Mustang Mach-E, a Tesla, a Lucid, or a Hyundai Ioniq 5. Where things are different is the fact, the Lightning is a pickup truck that is advertised to do truck things. Today, big electric pickups are not ideal for towing long distances or taking road trips in cold weather. Both of these facts say more about today’s battery technology and infrastructure than they do about the F-150 Lightning. Two key differences help put this all-in perspective. The first is the fact that a gallon of gasoline is by volume 13 times more energy dense than the best lithium-ion batteries today. However, electric cars are far more efficient at using the energy they do have. The most efficient gas engine in production is at about 40% whereas electric motors operate near 90% efficiency. The overarching question for truck buyers: Do you honestly need to be able to drive 300 or 400 miles at any time with a moment’s notice? A recent study showed F-150 owners frequently use their trucks to run errands 87% of the time and only frequently tow 7% of the time. Seems for a large swath of consumers buying pickup trucks, if you’re honest with yourself, the F-150 Lightning will be more than adequate for Starbucks runs, soccer practice, and hitting up Home Depot, if there’s time. I bolded the final paragraph above as I think this is a very honest question many of us even auto enthusiasts have to ask ourselves about any auto we own or buy. Yes, if you have the money, then by all means buy what you want. Most people do not have this luxury and as such have to honestly ask themselves what works to get their life needs done versus what one desires. FYI - How big is big when it comes to EVs? @Drew Dowdell @Robert Hall @surreal1272 @ccap41 @smk4565 @riviera74 @trinacriabob @oldshurst442 Sorry for those I am drawing a blank on adding to this that might actually find this interesting. Charged EVs | April 2023 Conference Sessions - Charged EVs Charged is an EV Engineering Conference Free to all who are interested. A Virtual Conference on EV Engineering: April 17-20, 2023. All live webcast sessions are free to attend and will be recorded and available to watch on-demand after the event. Register for a session below and reserve your spot to watch it live or on-demand. This is just a few of the many events one can attend to learn about specific technologies of focused learning.

The electric booster idea is primo! I love the tail-end views. It reminds me of the tail car from the famous Hiawatha luxury train. But if I'm spending 6 figures, I don't want it to look like I just bought the furniture from a hospital cafeteria last remodeled in 1987

I would say actual available models is like a 15% EV - 85% ICE roughly. Expect this to change big time over the next 24 months due to the large onslaught of EVs coming out. Going to be a very busy next couple of years as new EVs come out. Next one to be revealed and opened for preorder is the EV9 on the 15th of March.