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Originally Posted by The Real BigGuy
I was thinking about a pickup and thought I might as well look at electric. After reading some articles it appeared that I was going to get 75 - 80 miles a charge towing my 4K lb boat. Not quite enough to get from home to the lake so it would turn a 2 hr trip into a 4 - 5 hr trip w/charging. Not some thing I’m ready for.
And for the person who said chargers are everywhere. Not yet their not. If you go off highway into the hinterlands you sometimes need to go 20, 30, or more miles out of your way to find one based on some of the long term tests I’ve read.
So, when they come out with a reasonably priced electric pickup with 200 - 300 miles of towing range and more charging stations, I’m in but, that’s probably several years off.
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On the pickup, the problem is with "reasonably priced". Recent models, not that you can even get them yet, will tow further than that, but the prices are extremely high.
You are right, we've got a ways to go with charging stations being common enough, like gas stations, to make finding them less of a challenge. I'm definitely interested in an electric car but it would be 95% used for days where I didn't have to charge anyplace but home. With even lower priced models getting easily over 200 mile range now that's most days for most of us.