[hajile]

There have been many demonstrations that F150, cybertruck, and others have short ranges when loaded and even shorter ranges when towing (I saw sub 40 miles on a full charge claimed by some people).

If you use your truck as a truck, that’s simply not feasible. If you just use it as expensive transportation, you probably still try to convince yourself by thinking about how you might use it as a truck sometimes and won’t buy an electric truck either.

There’s not much of a market, so leaving makes sense.

[amarant]

> I saw sub 40 miles on a full charge claimed by some people

I've seen some people claim the earth is flat, too! That 40 miles figure had 0 connection to reality

[rootusrootus]

> sub 40 miles on a full charge claimed by some people

See, that's what you get for believing whatever you read on the internet that confirms what you already wanted to believe.

Back in reality, towing does demolish the range, you end up around 1.0 to 1.2 miles per kWh if you put a travel trailer behind a Lightning. Normal 70-75 mph driving is about 2.0 miles/kWh. Around town, depending on your habits, it's 3.5-4 mi/kWh. The battery is 131 kWh. So range can very quite a lot based on your current activity, but someone who told you sub-40 miles was jerking your chain (or had their own motivation for lying).

[bean469]

> There’s not much of a market, so leaving makes sense.

Let's be honest, most people who have trucks don't use them for work and towing