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Ford shifting focus to smaller cheaper EVs (www.reuters.com)

submitted 3 days ago by SteveInVentura@lemmy.today to c/electriccars@lemmy.ca

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Ford seems to be refocusing it’s #EV efforts towards smaller, less expensive EVs with cheaper battery technology in an effort to stay relavent given the low cost EVs coming out of China. This is in contrast with GMs efforts which seem to lean towards larger SUVs and trucks.

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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Pickups should be available in both, it really comes down to the use case at the moment.

If you need to tow shit on a highway, right now you NEED gas. The only way around this will be once we start seeing more trailer units built on EV platforms. There's an RV you can get right now called the Pebble that does this, it has it's own 45 kwh battery and motors. Which means there's almost no range drop from towing it. This allows for a much more functional towing range while not ending up with a semi-truck just so that you have enough battery capacity to tow those long distances.

That being said, If you just haul a bed/trailer full of yard maintenance gear around a 30 mile service area to various client homes all day and have a level 2 charger at your yard/home, an EV pickup would save you a ton of money over it's life. They can also be extremely helpful with powering equipment on jobsites.