Posted on 06/22/2021 8:02:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
When President Joe Biden took Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning pickup for a test drive in Dearborn, Mich., in May, the event was more than a White House photo op. It marked a new phase in an accelerating shift from gas-powered cars and trucks to electric vehicles, or EVs.
In recent months, global auto manufacturers have released plans to electrify their vehicle fleets by 2030 or 2035, setting up a race to see who can most quickly shift entirely away from producing vehicles powered by gasoline.
, I see this moment as pivotal because unlike EVs from manufacturers such as Toyota or Tesla, the electric F-150 does not entirely rely on green consumer choice. It places the electric vehicle transition squarely in the hands of mass-market consumers who don’t choose vehicles based on environmental considerations. Like Biden, former President Donald Trump promised to create jobs in the auto industry. But Trump sought to do it by perpetuating a fossil-fueled system that is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Auto makers benefited from some Trump policies in the short term, including the rollback of fuel economy standards. Now, however, they seem to be embracing the challenge of competing globally in a climate-constrained future.
As an environmental historian, I see this moment as pivotal because unlike EVs from manufacturers such as Toyota or Tesla the electric F-150 does not entirely rely on green consumer choice. It places the electric vehicle transition squarely in the hands of mass-market consumers who don’t choose vehicles based on environmental considerations, and who are buying far more light trucks—pickups, sport-utility vehicles and minivans—than cars today.
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Pingy.................
Not for me.
You don’t want to save da erf?...................
Meanwhile the environmentalist will resist increasing power generation on the grid.
Rolling blackouts anyone?
Wishful thinking . . .
I’d rather they make it in a diesel without all of the energy robbing EPA equipment.
Run the air conditioner
Run the heater
Replace the batteries
bullet-proofing does the same thing.
Fat chance
Both ICEs and hybrids carry their power source with them. They inherently scale effortlessly to localized needs for that power.
EVs and the grid simply do not.
Q: How many miles will the truck go if you’re pulling a heavy load such as a large camper? A: Not very many.
What’s the towing capacity....especially in 4WD?
Why the hell would anybody buy it if not in an effort to be "green"?
Hey, just haul a diesel generator too. XD
towing capacity?...............We’re talkin’ saving da erf here!.............
Prepare for more "Black Outs" !
"The Grid" can't handle its own currently established customers during high usage,
and now we are talking about adding additional demand to the grid.
If Biden creates auto industry jobs, it will be in China.
Who drove the truck for Biden’s test-ride, or did he go from one end of an empty parking lot, to the other?
The author sure does have a lip lock on Democrat a$$.
No thanks.
I’ll stay with my 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee HEMI V8.
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