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The Lightning is fine from an EV perspective, besides ford’s software, but fails at basic truck things. Their tow ratings never got close to their claimed distance, and against other trucks are so so terrible. If you aren’t putting weight in the bed of your truck, you do not need a truck.
So if you bought a Lightning and you aren’t having mileage issues then you should have gotten a Hyundai or Kia or Rivian, all of which have better software, better mileage, and aren’t at risk of being discontinued (which was clear was a possibility for ford when they first released the Lightning) because you clearly didn’t need a truck.
If you bought a ev truck because you didn’t want to own multiple vehicles and you needed to tow something every once in a while, well you still should have gotten something else, because EV SUVs can still tow.
I’m curious where you got the data that it tows worse than the other EV trucks, because its larger battery option is pretty big, only meaningfully overshadowed by extremely expensive trim levels of the CT and Silverado, from what I remember. Is there some way it doesn’t just boil down to battery size for long hauling? You pretty much get what you pay for when it comes to battery banks.
For my use-case, I don’t tow much, and when I do tow heavy, it’s across the farm or across town. The trailer I go places with only drags me down by 25% and I can still get three highway hours with it. I got my Lightning for carting lumber and tools around. I don’t put a lot of mileage on the hitch, but there’s always something in or over the bed.
The Rivian’s bed is too short to throw plywood in unstrapped. If they made a two-door option for it with a longer bed, it would have been ideal. The Lightning has just enough bed for that, pretty much down to the inch. The Silverado looked like a solid choice too, but it has those wings that interfere with overhead racks, and predatory software practices, so I passed on it. Then the CT needs a special rack and has no frunk space, plus it costs more and Elon is evil, so I passed on that too.
The Lightning is fine from an EV perspective, besides ford’s software, but fails at basic truck things. Their tow ratings never got close to their claimed distance, and against other trucks are so so terrible. If you aren’t putting weight in the bed of your truck, you do not need a truck.
So if you bought a Lightning and you aren’t having mileage issues then you should have gotten a Hyundai or Kia or Rivian, all of which have better software, better mileage, and aren’t at risk of being discontinued (which was clear was a possibility for ford when they first released the Lightning) because you clearly didn’t need a truck.
If you bought a ev truck because you didn’t want to own multiple vehicles and you needed to tow something every once in a while, well you still should have gotten something else, because EV SUVs can still tow.
I’m curious where you got the data that it tows worse than the other EV trucks, because its larger battery option is pretty big, only meaningfully overshadowed by extremely expensive trim levels of the CT and Silverado, from what I remember. Is there some way it doesn’t just boil down to battery size for long hauling? You pretty much get what you pay for when it comes to battery banks.
For my use-case, I don’t tow much, and when I do tow heavy, it’s across the farm or across town. The trailer I go places with only drags me down by 25% and I can still get three highway hours with it. I got my Lightning for carting lumber and tools around. I don’t put a lot of mileage on the hitch, but there’s always something in or over the bed.
The Rivian’s bed is too short to throw plywood in unstrapped. If they made a two-door option for it with a longer bed, it would have been ideal. The Lightning has just enough bed for that, pretty much down to the inch. The Silverado looked like a solid choice too, but it has those wings that interfere with overhead racks, and predatory software practices, so I passed on it. Then the CT needs a special rack and has no frunk space, plus it costs more and Elon is evil, so I passed on that too.