Subj : Re: Ford F-150 Lightning.
To   : paulie420
From : Greenlfc
Date : Mon Jun 28 2021 09:00 am

Call me a luddite, but I just can't get behind electric vehicles in their 
current incarnations.  Don't get me wrong, 400 miles is fairly compelling, but 
I *hate* the idea of not being able to carry or store additional fuel.  Look at 
issues like the Texas grid failure or California's frequent rolling blackouts.  
Yes, you're still dependent on *some* form of fuel distribution, but I can 
store several hundred miles' worth of liquid fuel on top of what's in my tank.  
What am I going to do, carry a decent generator and 50 gallons of fuel?

Plus, think about cross-country road trips; even if it takes an hour to go from 
0% to 100% (assuming you can find a charger), you're still wasting more time 
than the ten minutes you'd spend at the pump.  If you go 800 miles a day 
(80MPHx10 Hours), you've now turned your 10 hour day into an 11 hour day.

Let's not even talk about the cybersecurity risks, or the failures of ever more 
integrated systems.

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