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SoftTalker • today at 4:12 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

No, the F150 has great sales numbers but this is mostly due to commercial/work use. And commercial buyers need trucks that can tow, haul, be fitted with large toolboxes, booms/cranes, winches, plows, etc. The F150 electric solved none of those problems.


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lyelibi • today at 4:26 PM

You're dismissing a cultural aspect of the popularity of trucks in america. There is way more trucks in Texas than say in Indiana, or Massachusetts on the road. Texas is one of the only states where people still drive hummers. They're not all doing off-roads

shawn_w • today at 5:03 PM

You need a 250 or 350 class truck for a lot of those uses - plows or heavy loads for example.

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NewJazz • today at 4:50 PM

The f150 did all of that. Range may have been an issue, though.

The chevy/gm ev trucks have bigger batteries.

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