Yah, people are really negative about EV trucks. I don’t tow, I do carry stuff in the bed. Could I have gotten an econobox and just rented a truck, sure, maybe.
But I like having a full size pickup. It’s spacious, and I’m a big guy. You sit high up. I have enough room for the dog to be comfortable in the back or carry 4 friends. The bed is big enough to carry anything I need, and despite everyone always going on about short beds, dropping the tailgate and using straps means I’ve carried plenty of oversizes stuff.
I get they use more materials, but it’s better than the gas truck I used to drive. I have solar panels and cheap electricity, so it’s not like I’m wasting electricity that isn’t just abundantly available via the sun. People lose sight of different use cases. I live in a smaller city, less than 50k people. The Lightning fits just fine in parking spots, I have never had an issue with pedestrians because I keep it slow and my head on a swivel in parking lots. It just feels like so much of the hate is misplaced, so what if a truck is a pavement princess. Most vehicles are, it’s rare to truly find dirt roads only these days though I still drive them time to time. People like trucks, having electric options is good. If those against them had an opportunity to ride along in the Lightning I think they’d see some of the positives.
The truck being a pavement princess isn’t so much a problem itself. It’s the massive amount of external damage pick up trucks (and large suv) cause due to their design and appeal. (The appeal is in part because the big 3 can’t make cars, so they push trucks down consumers throat).
We had been trending downwards in vehicle fatality but we are now trending upwards and a large part of that are large trucks and SUVs designed with high hoods that hit pedestrians in the chest and horrible visibility that causes frontovers. We also have a big culture of excess where 1 in 4 truck owners add a lift and large tires so they can now hit pedestrians in the head instead of the chest.
Large trucks and SUVs also cause an arm race, since they are highly crash incompatible with smaller cars, making drivers who prefer more efficient compact vehicles choose larger cars than they would have.
You’re a responsible driver who takes into the consideration of the vehicle you drive. The general public does not, and we can do a lot to reduce motor vehicle fatalities by requiring crash capability and pedestrian safety. We can design a large cabin, with excellent visibility and, easy ingress and egress, and good utility. All those things aren’t mutually exclusive.
Yah, people are really negative about EV trucks. I don’t tow, I do carry stuff in the bed. Could I have gotten an econobox and just rented a truck, sure, maybe.
But I like having a full size pickup. It’s spacious, and I’m a big guy. You sit high up. I have enough room for the dog to be comfortable in the back or carry 4 friends. The bed is big enough to carry anything I need, and despite everyone always going on about short beds, dropping the tailgate and using straps means I’ve carried plenty of oversizes stuff.
I get they use more materials, but it’s better than the gas truck I used to drive. I have solar panels and cheap electricity, so it’s not like I’m wasting electricity that isn’t just abundantly available via the sun. People lose sight of different use cases. I live in a smaller city, less than 50k people. The Lightning fits just fine in parking spots, I have never had an issue with pedestrians because I keep it slow and my head on a swivel in parking lots. It just feels like so much of the hate is misplaced, so what if a truck is a pavement princess. Most vehicles are, it’s rare to truly find dirt roads only these days though I still drive them time to time. People like trucks, having electric options is good. If those against them had an opportunity to ride along in the Lightning I think they’d see some of the positives.
The truck being a pavement princess isn’t so much a problem itself. It’s the massive amount of external damage pick up trucks (and large suv) cause due to their design and appeal. (The appeal is in part because the big 3 can’t make cars, so they push trucks down consumers throat).
We had been trending downwards in vehicle fatality but we are now trending upwards and a large part of that are large trucks and SUVs designed with high hoods that hit pedestrians in the chest and horrible visibility that causes frontovers. We also have a big culture of excess where 1 in 4 truck owners add a lift and large tires so they can now hit pedestrians in the head instead of the chest.
Large trucks and SUVs also cause an arm race, since they are highly crash incompatible with smaller cars, making drivers who prefer more efficient compact vehicles choose larger cars than they would have.
You’re a responsible driver who takes into the consideration of the vehicle you drive. The general public does not, and we can do a lot to reduce motor vehicle fatalities by requiring crash capability and pedestrian safety. We can design a large cabin, with excellent visibility and, easy ingress and egress, and good utility. All those things aren’t mutually exclusive.