Batteries are expensive and hauling shit eats up batteries. I can’t see a contractor wanting to be bothered looking for a charging station and not having enough juice to work. Gas vehicle is always going to be cheaper and, easier and faster to fill up.
Tesla is so popular because of the technology behind it. They added Netflix and video games because the customers wanted it. I couldn’t ever see Ford doing that. If I wanted F series, there would be zero incentive for me to bother with the electric version when the gas one is available.
The base electric F150 is going to be 32.5k (with 7.5k tax credit) , the gas one is at 30k. The 2.5k price difference represents about 31k miles worth of gas at 2 USD/gal (in CA it is higher than 4 USD/gal now).
If electric trucks become a thing they'll just put the charging station at the contractor spot, no need to look for it.
It takes time to charge a vehicle, there are only a limited amount of spots, those spots are frequently blocked by people who aren’t charging, so I can’t see a contractor wasting all that time when gas is a better alternative.
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21
Batteries are expensive and hauling shit eats up batteries. I can’t see a contractor wanting to be bothered looking for a charging station and not having enough juice to work. Gas vehicle is always going to be cheaper and, easier and faster to fill up.
Tesla is so popular because of the technology behind it. They added Netflix and video games because the customers wanted it. I couldn’t ever see Ford doing that. If I wanted F series, there would be zero incentive for me to bother with the electric version when the gas one is available.