"The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house". This is Ford's solution to the problem that they created (massively oversized trucks everywhere). Their solution must lie within their wheelhouse (pun intended). It's a step in the right direction but too little too late. With respect to the climate emergency we shouldn't praise a micro-step in the right direction. They did it because they had to (which is good), but we need big change. I'm not celebrating a 6,000 lb electric truck to move one person around and maybe a sheet of plywood once a year. We need to focus on commuter footprint and right-sized vehicles. What about using 90% fewer resources (10kwh pack instead of 100kwh) and 90% less life time energy (500 lb vehicle vs 5,000 lb vehicle) if it can do the same job?
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 4:18 PM Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield via EV < ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > YES! AMEN! > > > On May 21, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > > Each 14 MPG gas guzzling pickup commuter that gets taken off the road > > for a new F150 Lightening, accomplishes more for the environment and > > all of us than maybe three other EV purchases. So this is a WIN-WIN > > all the way around. > > > > FINALLY something I can talk about in common with the "good ole boys" > > Bob > > > > Back to the Ford F-150 Lightning - $40-90k before incentives. Doesn’t > > sound cheap, but it performs better than any F-150 has ever performed, > > which is exactly what’s needed to generate sales and excitement, and > > make it *the* F-150 to own. > >>>>> If it gets people interested in EVs as a cool, high performance > vehicle, that’s great. > >>>>> This is a middle America meat and potatoes vehicle. > >>>>> I see this vehicle as game-changing as the Tesla. > >>>>>>> I think it will be popular. So much for making efficient vehicles > - one estimate I read put the small pack at 115kWh. But most buyers won't > care. They want the F-150 look, the power, and the range. It must weigh a > ton. No, make that 3 tons. > >>>>> Same price for the low end model. Lots of intelligent features. This > is a real competitor to the Cybertruck. Lawrence Rhodes > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210521/5b54e812/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
