I will keep my gas powered Ford Ranger until the wheels fall off.

[scrubaducky]

Different horses for different courses. There are things that EVs do really well, and there are things that fossil fuel vehicles do well. It’s no different than why we have cars and trucks. Ever try to haul a load of manure in your Corvette or Honda Accord? Of course not.

I have a gas guzzling classic car for something to restore and drive on weekends for fun. And I love my Ranger as a daily driver and for road trips.

But I’d love to have a EV for in town driving, commuting to work, etc., if there were any EVs I really liked. I’d also love to convert my house to solar and use the solar panels to charge the car, but solar isn’t quite cheap enough yet for me to justify the cost.

Look at it this way - the more people that use EVs for situations where EVs shine (pre-pandemic, over 95% of all vehicle trips were less than 30 miles, and now it’s close to 98%), the cheaper gas will get for those of us that need gas for our trucks and old cars. Heck, I’d even buy a new EV Ranger for daily use of Ford made one and keep my Tremor for long trips, towing, off-roading, etc.

Again, different horses for different courses.

I’d buy an EV ranger in a heartbeat too.

I don’t need the towing power/endurance (rather the spatial capacity of the tray) so going EV suits me fine.

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[Deleted member 16131]

I will keep my gas powered Ford Ranger until the wheels fall off.

I am very much surprised how the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) group is telling everyone to jump aboard and buy one. California senators want all NEW vehicles to be BEV by 2035.

BEV good issue:
1. Rid this country off of dirty fossil fuels which supposedly affects "climate change"

BEV bad issues - IMHO:
1. Only 2-3% (now) of all car/trucks sold in the US are BEVs. This leaves millions of ICE vehicles.
2. The BEV cost compared to ICE (Internal Combustion Engine - gasoline/diesel powered)
vehicles are thousands dollars higher in cost.
3. The Lithium BEV battery loses 40% mileage range during cold weather.
4. The Lithium BEV battery has a finite number of charge/discharge cycles before expiring. Replacement of this battery pack will cost thousands and the BEV trade in will sink value. Forget about buying a used BEV!
5. Imagine, through government laws, that require all vehicles to be a BEV, the power grid in this country cannot withstand the load and will collapse when millions of BEVs are connected for charging.
6. Lithium, used in BEVs, will be in short supply and this commodity price will rise dramatically due to many automotive suppliers chasing an ever depleting supply of Lithium.
7. Thousands employees of automotive suppliers and manufacturing will lose their employment due to less man hours/parts to build a BEV.

ICE ICE Baby for me!

 

[NotBudule]

ICE ICE Baby for me!

STOP ? !
Collaborate and listen !
I want an E Ranger but in the wind I'm pissin'
yo , If the grid is the problem , maybe they solve it , but a PHEV may help resolve it ,
we still need ice ice baby...

 

[Dr_Strangelove]

Man I'm really late to this conversation but personally I'd love to pay off Blue and get an electric Orange one to park next to it. Then have the best of both worlds! I'm personally very excited to see Ford particularly leading these offerings. If they make an eRanger it will be the first electric vehicle I seriously consider, that's for sure.

 

[THLONE]

Perpetual motion hasn't been invented yet. So, to move something you will still have to pay somebody. You' all are just arguing about who you are going to pay. Global warming is just a buzz word.

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