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Less than half of Canadians say they will buy an electric vehicle as their next car: survey
(toronto.ctvnews.ca)
this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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Because they are >$60,000 toys! The Lightning pickup weighs 3 FUCKING TONS it has a 5.5" box and seats 5 people!?! That's just a minivan but worse.
If something like this actually comes on the market and doesn't stay speculative vaporware I will buy one without a second thought. It's small, has a 6 foot bed, weighs under 2 tons and a 400km range (which is WAY more than you need if you charge every night). Not as efficient as a commuter car but still better than any combustion vehicle AND it can carry all the groceries, beer crates and top soil that I need.
A Ford Lightning is one of those trucks that people living in cities and suburbs but who grew up on the edge of suburbs or in the exurbs while being hyperfixated on masculinity and "rural roots" drive. Theres a whole fleet of these things with ICEs. They're what the dad drives in SUV families.
I thought the lightning was just an electric f-150. How is there a fleet of lightning's with gas engines?
It's 100% not what they were talking about but in the early '90s and early '00s there were sporty versions of the F-150 called Lightnings. There were also only about 40,000 made over 8 years vs. close to 1,000,000/year for the regular F-150s.
I'm hoping the canoos can be as good as they claim for the price too.
https://www.canoo.com/
That's an assload of glass on the front but otherwise they look kinda cool.
Looks great but WTF is up with those giant white wall tires?