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Originally Posted by Wyzz Kydd

It seems to me EV trucks will be novelties unless they do something like that. I could see commuters who like big vehicles using them, but not people who want to do any kind of serious truck work.

Tomorrow I’ll drive 300 miles, haul 3 people and a couple of hundred pounds of gear, in my Camaro. Gas up when I start out and be good until I return. No worries. Typical Saturday other than sometimes we take my son’s Mustang.

I wouldn’t be comfortable doing that in an EV truck.

EV’s available today wouldn’t work for you. Maybe a Rivian, maybe not. But looking at what’s coming in the next five years there will be double digits of options that could handle what you just described without blinking.

As far as EV trucks go, in half ton trim, the vast majority of trucks sold each year never tow a thing. At least for the original owners. They are used like bigger taller fully loaded cars. For those that do need to tow, 3/4 ton trucks will be among the last vehicles to convert to EV. You and I might be expired or too vegged out to drive when that occurs. But at the same time, commercial EV vans are a big freakin’ deal right now. As I type this I just finished a bunch of meetings with a vehicle brand that you would recognize if I named them. What were we discussing? Very large EVs that they will be bringing to market in a few years. Very large.