https://nypost.com/2022/09/23/ford-begins-construction-on-5-6b-tennessee-electric-facility/
6,000 jobs + 21,000 "indirect" jobs are said to be on the way when the plant opens. Fabulous! Maybe they can retrofit the plant to make gas and diesel models when the gov't subsidy and propaganda push dies a well-deserved natural death.
No one will buy them,they will drive their old trucks until they die.
Maybe they’ll catch on that electric needs another 40 years and they’ll retro fit it for regular trucks. Then retrofit again in 40 years for electric 🤣
Yes! Or hydrogen, or something we haven't even seen yet. 40 years from now, who knows what we'll have available. But for now: gas and diesel, for sure.
Now days it seems it’s all assembled in America with imported parts. I’d love to hear that the parts are also made domestically.
I wasn't aware that electric trucks were a thing just yet?
Also, a takes a tanks of gas and many hours to recharge an electric car. LOL muh greenness.
Absolutely terrible for towing. Not recommended for off-road as they are significantly heavier and therefore lower to the ground. Great for city driving though, grocery hauling. That said their Powerboost hybrid seems amazing, especially with the 7.2kw generator built in to the back.
Personally, as someone getting a new truck here soon, I'm getting a diesel engine. 30mpg and can tow and off-road just fine.
Even dodges with the cylinder deactivation tech get 30-32mpg.
Not a statement specifically on op, but Conservative cognitive dissonance: electric is bad and clean energy is worse than fossil fuels, by the way Tesla is the man and he was going to give free electricity to everybody through the air.
I don't think electric vehicles are bad; at true market prices and without all the Cabal and government propaganda, we'd have a small number of electrics on the road and that'd be fine. For some applications and for some people, electrics make good sense. But the government / Cabal push for electric vehicles to REPLACE gas and diesel vehicles is yet another thing that will --
help crash the system (power grid isn't up to the task),
further enslave people (every charger requires a credit card, can't pay in cash, plus shorter range and much longer "fill up" times),
wreck the environment (lithium mining / processing / recycling is a nightmare),
further knee-cap the supply chain (at least one ocean carrier has sunk after an EV caught fire and the fire spread to many other EVs onboard being shipped to market; watch for more such disasters),
endanger fire / rescue/ medic crews due to shock and fire hazards, and
price ever-more people out of the vehicle market, especially once government financial incentives for EVs disappear.
Also, I'm not opposed to solar, wind, and other "green" energy; just opposed to pretending we can REPLACE oil, gas, and coal with them (or even replacing a substantial PORTION of the grid), which is already causing brownouts and blackouts on occasion. Solar and wind are especially useful in smaller and/or remote applications, but not so much for major power installations. And you can't make plastics, medicines, or any of the other physical things we buy without oil, which the Cabal is working to eliminate almost entirely (how many things do you buy that DON'T have one or more components sourced from oil? Damn few, actually. Watch most of those disappear or skyrocket in price if they succeed).
As for Elon Musk, I've always been a fan. Also a bit leery of him, but for the most part a fan nonetheless.
I agree mostly. I think in balance it is good. A public private agreement will be reached on use of the tech at some point soon.
I'm perfectly content to keep driving my 05 f150 with 230k miles on it. It gets 14 mpg and I could care less. Mpg has never been a motivating factor for me and vehicle purchases....especially for a truck.
They're going to learn the hard way that this is NOT what American truck owners want!
Yeah, no one with half a brain would buy an electric truck that can't pull anything.