Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports
by alphabettsy on Sunday November 21, 2021 @08:23PM
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You’re right, but I’d wager that 70+% of truck buyers have never used any considerable amount of the payload capacity and don’t tow anything that a crossover SUV couldn’t tow.
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Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports
by minhazm on Monday November 22, 2021 @11:31AM
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The reality is that most of the people buying trucks do it because they like trucks and perhaps think it's more practical. It's not for actual work use. The same way most people buying SUV's aren't actually doing any off-roading or towing as well.
> 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.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-siz...
Re:Tesla, electric SUVs get poor scores from Consumer Reports
by frosted-flakes on Sunday November 21, 2021 @08:53PM
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If they're "rednecks", they almost certainly have. Dirtbikes if nothing else.