Given US pricing of $6.50 diesel, the cyber truck with 11,000 lb towing capacity actually makes a lot of sense.

It just looks too weird.

bluGill 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People who are towing a lot may like the idea of electric. However they need range, and EVs when towing don't deliver. It is too bad, I'd like a electric truck, but when I tow I'm trying to get someplace and EVs don't deliver.

It doesn't help that nearly all chargers are arranged such that I'd block important parts of the parking lot for half an hour if I was towing when I needed a charge, then I have a complex back out (where something is behind me that I need to avoid). Most gas stations are designed so my trailer might block a pump from someone else using it but otherwise I'm not in the way.

	▲	nozzlegear 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> People who are towing a lot may like the idea of electric. However they need range, and EVs when towing don't deliver. It is too bad, I'd like a electric truck, but when I tow I'm trying to get someplace and EVs don't deliver. Depends on why you're towing something. My brother-in-law is a contractor, for example, and the first thing you do when you start your own contracting business is buy a big ass pickup and a trailer to haul all of your tools and materials to your job sites. Agreed on the chargers though, sometimes it's difficult to use a charger even with a normal-sized car just because every manufacturer wants to put the ports in a different, weird and quirky place on EVs.
	▲	mingus88 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The range loss on an EV is comparable to the 5 MPG you are going to get with a 3/4 ton truck towing anything 10k pounds as well The only actual difference is time you need to charge. Pull through charging stalls are ubiquitous where I live And I just don’t know…how often are people towing loads over 100 miles regularly for this to be a problem? Where I live I see pavement princesses towing the occasional boat or landscapers towing gear and rocks. Neither of those is going to max out the range on an EV truck in an average day

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nozzlegear 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The standard F-150 uses gasoline, not diesel. Not that gas isn't expensive right now either.

	▲	criddell 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've been seeing more and more JAC small pickups (I'm in Austin). They use small diesel engines. I kind of thought the era of small diesel engines was over (thanks VW), but maybe it's coming back?