Man forced to ditch Ford EV truck during family road trip to Chicago: ‘biggest scam of modern times’
A Canadian man is sharing his frustrating experience – and the expenses incurred – after he purchased a Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck earlier this year.finance.yahoo.com
I don't think that they are worthless but they are far from practical for the average car owner that doesn't live in a confined geographic area. The electric auto won't become practical until some sort of wireless charging is embedded in the roadways themselves.
Even with the infrastructure I'm not going on a trip in an EV. We visit family in Central FL. It is an 11 hour trip. No way I'm turning it into a 20 hour trip.
Or a self-charging system is built into the car, which should've already been done really. Then, I won't call them worthless. But somebody has to make money, so that won't happen.
they really don’t. They’re struggling with the EV mandates too. VW recently had to shut down its biggest EV plant in Germany for 6 weeks, citing “extreme customer reluctance.”
I’m not an EV guy. But, I’m even less of a conspiracy guy. Who, exactly, has it as a secret, or spoken, agenda item to “force people into population centers” to make them “controllable”? If you seriously think this or entertain this as a reality, you need to consider why. It’s nonsense.
That, and people too stupid to read the instructions. A half-ton jack won't hold a ton, no matter how good a half-ton jack it is.
people really want a car that will do everything they need. in theory a lot of people drive more than 200 miles rarely enough that they could rent an ice car for those occasions, but people don’t want to do that. Just like a lot of truck owners use their bed (in a way that couldn’t be accomplished by a trunk) rarely enough that they could rent a truck when they really needed it. As long as that’s the case, EVs are mainly going to be second cars. if they can get a reasonably priced EV with a seven seat capacity, I think that is when they’ll really take off as second cars.
Did Ford tell him his vehicle would be in the shop for six months if he had a "minor" accident? You know the old saying...time is money.
An EV for a 2nd car for around town and short trips could be a good choice for a lot of people.
Almost like a devices that alternates mechanical energy into power and would charge as you drive. This could take decades of research to find!**
There are people that want to nudge/force more people into urban living for allegedly environmental reasons but really just because they think urban living is superior and that people don’t know what’s good for them and will be better off in a city. They don’t have an explicit goal of making people controllable but they do have a deep desire to control people. Same as the impulse behind all the counterproductive environmental things we do. Part of it is just a symbolic sacrifice to gaia, part is it scratches that itch to force other people to submit.
Man forced to ditch Ford EV truck during family road trip to Chicago: ‘biggest scam of modern times’
A Canadian man is sharing his frustrating experience – and the expenses incurred – after he purchased a Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck earlier this year.
You can have your opinion and others can have theirs. No need to get worked up about it.
I honestly can’t even remember the last time I saw someone on the side of the road out of gas.
I can’t give the government credit for that kind of planning and execution. They can’t balance a damn checkbook.
Transporting emissions from the tailpipe to a coal plant is probably a win, and definitely a win if you move it to a natural gas cc. The environmental angle is definitely over hyped, but there are some benefits. If we made mining easier in developed countries and built more nuclear plants, there’d be some pretty real benefits available. Even if we keep the mining in third world countries, you are trading air pollution for localized water and to a lesser extent air pollution.
Kind of like Pelosi’s kid getting into the lithium battery business a few years ago.
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I agree with you. I don't believe that either. I do think the current White House policies are forcing Americans into EV's and most Americans don't want them.
Kinda looks like China is taking the money we spend on solar panels and building nuclear plants...while we build NONE.
As a farmer, what are you hearing or seeing about electric farm equipment? I’m seeing a big push at some trade shows, but I’m more skeptical about farming/mining equipment going electric than passenger vehicles.
You may want to pay more attention to what is said at the WEF get togethers and make your own mind up about how these people think you should be treated
The "electric" bulldozers that Caterpillar has been making for years are actually mini locomotives on bulldozer tracks. Diesel powered generators powering electric drive motors.
I want the EV to work but it has too many problems for the government to be telling us, that is our only choice. I'm optimistic that they will come up with enhancements that will make EVs a solid alternative. It's very irresponsible for the government to tell us, we have to dump our gas vehicles for these electric vehicles having so many issues. I think you're going to see California have to revise their gas laws they recently passed or else they're going to be fighting over used cars going out of state to find vehicles.
Outside of your conspiracy theory, it does seem like the answer for someone who lives in a city doing a lot of stop and go whipping around town, but yet wants to have a truck.
