Re:Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km...
by dahfizz on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:11AM
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> And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.
contradicts
>> the vast majority of pickups are used to tow or haul once per year or less.
According to your article, 65% of trucks are used for hauling multiple times every year.
Re:Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km...
by emodendroket on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:15AM
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well, you are right, I got that number wrong. I would guess that few of these couldn't also be achieved by, say, minivan with the seats down, given how few trucks have full-size beds (another hint they're not for work).
Re:Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km...
by zdragnar on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @12:07PM
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I have a truck without a full suze bed and use it for (personal) work at least once a week throughout the year, daily during logging and snow plowing season.
I might consider an electric truck, except that even new gas trucks are way outside my budget. It'll be at least a decade or two before even used electric trucks are reasonably priced.
> And they might also protest that trucks provide capabilities that other vehicles lack. But, as it turns out, a significant portion of truck owners never use their trucks for these capabilities. According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.