Comment on Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business
Ulrich@feddit.org 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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.