Comment on Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks agoQuite the contrary, the Lightning makes an excellent work truck for those who actually need work trucks. I know a couple people who use them that way. One of them owns a boat dealership and uses it for towing large and heavy boats every day. The other owns a construction business.
the Lightning makes an excellent work truck for those who actually need work trucks
yeah…no
the non-electric F-150 has multiple bed lengths (5.5’, 6.5’, and 8’)
the Lightning only offered the 5.5’ “short bed” length
if you actually need a work truck, the Lightning is deficient in the #1 thing that makes a work truck a work truck.
for another comparison - the “short bed” option on the F-250 is 6.75’ long, in addition to the 8’ “long bed”.
if you actually need a work truck, the Lightning is deficient in the #1 thing that makes a work truck a work truck.
yeah…no
The “#1 thing” depends on the application. It can be power, towing capacity, payload capacity, just a bed in general, the massive amount of electrical power available to power tools, cost of ownership, etc. etc.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Cough.bullshit.cough.
Yes, an F150 lighning can haul a boat, no, not very far, and half that distance in cold weather.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Who said it was going very far? He tows them back and forth from the Marina to other water bodies in the local area or to customers’ homes.