Aspen500
Well-Known Member
I know this is about crappy parts but EV's and batteries were mentioned, and it reminded my about an EV story. The shop I used to work at had a customer who bought a new EV F-150. He was all proud of how much money he was going to save on gas and maintenance,,,,after spending $92,000 for the truck
. Then last winter he hooked his 4 place trailer up loaded with 4 snowmobiles, along with 4 people and their gear in the truck and headed up north. They left after work on a Friday evening, so it was dark out. The temps were single digits and there it was snowing so headlights on, heater cranked wide open, rear defroster on, and occasional windshield wiper use. The truck had a 100% charge when they left. Barely made it over half way there (roughly 60 miles) before the batteries were so low, the truck went into power saver mode and they had to stop for the night AND find a place to charge the bleeping thing. So, how do you like your electric truck now? When I heard that, couldn't keep from laughing.
Oh yeah, on top of the $92K, he also had to upgrade his electrical service from 100 amps to 200 amps, and then have a charger installed. Roughly $4,000 for all that, and he bought the truck to save money on gasoline. Anybody understand that kind of logic????????????
Anyways, just an amusing story for the day.
Oh yeah, on top of the $92K, he also had to upgrade his electrical service from 100 amps to 200 amps, and then have a charger installed. Roughly $4,000 for all that, and he bought the truck to save money on gasoline. Anybody understand that kind of logic????????????
Anyways, just an amusing story for the day.