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My electrician drives an electric F-150, it's impressive how useful it is for him. The frunk carries a big box of tools, there's tons of outlets to charge his p
by inasio 9mo ago
My electrician drives an electric F-150, it's impressive how useful it is for him. The frunk carries a big box of tools, there's tons of outlets to charge his power tool batteries, he can even run a small welder
- tekno45 9mo agoThe F-150 is a great power bank that comes with a very useful set of 4 tires and a steering wheel for a truly portable charging experience.
- malfist 9mo agoI justified the lightning purchase to my partner by pointing out having an equivalent whole house battery backup in Tesla power walls would be more expensive than the truck
- tenuousemphasis 9mo agoHave you tried supplying power to your home yet?
- markdown 9mo agoShhh, his wife might read this.
- malfist 9mo agoMy only fear is that when I pass away, he'll sell my telescopes for what I said they cost. Jk jk, he bought me my most expensive one
- malfist 9mo agoWe've not hooked up the transfer switch yet but we have ran a lot of extension cords during an ice storm last year and kept all our aquariums going, all 700 gallons of them
- eleventen 9mo agoIf you’ve had it for that long without installing the crucial part of what you described above as a major selling point, I think that would have been useful to volunteer in the original comment lol. The extension cord thing was interesting too, but “I sold my partner on a feature that turned out to be more trouble than it was worth to set up” is super relevant to discussion!
- malfist 9mo agoWe haven't needed to yet. Our primary concern are those aquariums and it worked wonderfully for them when we needed it. Much better than running through over a hundred dollars a day in propane to keep them running, and the truck parks in an insulated garage so no cords to a generator through a window letting the cold in
- brianwawok 9mo agoTrick is the power wall will be there in 10 years. The truck may be traded in at 4. Car trade in speed is what makes that math not work.
- tekno45 9mo agoso the power wall can't be traded in and doesn't move. Still seems more useful.
- frumper 9mo agoTrading in your new car at 4 years old sounds like bad math no matter what car you buy.
- km144 9mo agoHave you seen the prices of pre-owned Honda/Toyota sedans that are less than 5 years old? There are absolutely cars out there where trading in your new car after 3-4 years can make sense depending on the cost of the car, the depreciation curve, and whether you want to always be driving a relatively new car. Of course it's almost always going to be a better value proposition to drive the car for 10 years if you can, but that can still depend on depreciation.
- behringer 9mo agoThe math doesn't work when you calculate the same thing based on buying low mileage used cars or leases. You're throwing large amounts of equity away every 4 years. Also electric cars get killed on the depreciation curve.
- throwaway2037 9mo ago> Also electric cars get killed on the depreciation curve. I have heard this a couple of times now, and I believe it. Is the cause battery wear or pure demand (buyers don't want used EVs for various non technical reasons)?
- kimos 9mo agoA local couple runs a hot food stall at outdoor markets all over the city by backing theirs up to the stall and plugging in all the kitchen things they need into the outlets in the bed.
- zeristor 9mo agoThe number of outdoor market stalls I’ve seen with diesel generators, noisy, smelly and polluting. Happy to see people using all electric.
- xnx 9mo ago131,000,000 mWh
- SoftTalker 9mo agoDo they sell them in "work truck" trim? (Bench seat, vinyl upholstery, rubber floor, minimal options)?
- seltzered_ 9mo agoThe F-150 Lightning Pro trim is the closest thing to this, and aside from the first year generally has only sold to fleets. Theres also the Chevy Silverado EV WT trim which is a similar base model trim, but with the huge heavy battery its paired with it's still an expensive truck.
- qdog 9mo agoI don't think so, not like it was once upon a time. I had a manual 6-cylinder I bought in about 2002 for around $14000, no leather, 2wd extended cab. That's like $25k in today's dollars according to Google. If they made a basic truck for even $40k as EV it might sell a lot better, but I am pretty sure they are all about selling 60k+ trucks for profit.
- markdown 9mo agoThe BYD Shark 6 sells for US$40k in Australia: https://bydautomotive.com.au/shark-6 https://bydautomotive.com.au/shark-6 There's a 100% tariff on top of all the regulatory and political hurdles that prevent BYD from selling in the US, but it shows that a very nice truck can be built for $40k.
- hopelite 9mo agoAmericans are not allowed to have better quality, lower priced Chinese vehicles because they have to suffer the incompetence, failure, abuse, and plunder by their ruling class due to … the decades of incompetence, failure, abuse, and plunder of their parasitic and alien ruling class. It is easy to understand what the tariffs are attempting and why, but what supporters don’t get is that at the very least it’s all wrong in sequence and timing, not to mention poorly executed due to the schizophrenic and manic nature of American politics that is dominated by the president’s supposed term limits and warfare of memes people believe. “A day late and a dollar short” has probably never been more appropriate. The inherent problem with empire and reserve currency is that it supplies a drug to a ruling class that is already inherently prone to excess.
- jama211 9mo agoThat’s pretty cool, and I just checked the prices and it only starts at 11k dearer than the standard f150, which is less than I expected. Interesting. What’s more insane to me as an Australian is its 50k USD starting price in America, but in Australia it starts at $149k USD as they’re only sold by third parties that do right hand drive conversions (at imo a way too high premium, 100k for that service + shipping???)
- markdown 9mo agoThat's insane. Why would an Aussie buy this over a BYD Shark for US$40k? https://bydautomotive.com.au/shark-6 https://bydautomotive.com.au/shark-6
- 2muchcoffeeman 9mo agoStatus symbol. I’ve only seen these sorts of vehicles actually carrying something a single digit number of times. I’ve never seen one dirty.
- isoprophlex 9mo agoIt serves as an artificial, external extension to the length and girth of the male reproductive organ
- unixhero 9mo agoNah. Go with the Sharkie mate
- labcomputer 9mo agoPick your poison: * no gas * no oil changes * no annual emissions testing (if they do that in Oz) * more than 1 second faster 0-60/0-100 * twice the towing capacity * semi-automated trailer connecting (maneuvering the truck to the trailer) * longer bed and more rear seat leg room
- jama211 9mo agoI think you read their comment backwards
- fragmede 9mo agoYeah the frunk is what makes that thing shine. The cybertruck's frunk is pathetic in comparison.
- elliotec 9mo agoI have the powerboost hybrid F-150. It does all this, can power a house with the generator, AND I can drive it through the mountain west with zero EV infrastructure at insanely high MPG for a truck. Plopped a Tune camper on the back and couldn’t ask for more.
- hcurtiss 9mo agoSame. In a Powerboost, pulling my 5000 pound boat 500 miles to north Idaho is super easy, with a single refuel. In a Lightning that would be a nightmare, recharging 4-5 times. In truth, I’m excited about Ford’s pivot. I think electric motors with a range extender would be fantastic. Like the Chevy Volt for pickups.
- thijson 9mo agoI agree too, a range extender is needed for the infrequent long trip.
- bigtex 9mo agoAll those things can be done with the newer gas F150s minus the frunk storage.