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Re:Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil and gas outpu... by cudgy on Monday March 07, 2022 @05:02PM (#30593893)
60 miles is pretty good, considering most trucks aren’t usually towing a trailer. Obviously, if you are towing long distances, an electric truck does not make sense … yet. Diesel is the way to go.

Again, most trucks aren’t towing long distances so towing range is not critical to electric trucks making sense for most uses.

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Re:Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil and gas outpu... by mgarfias on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:48PM (#30603019)
Towing a few times per year completely trashes the utility of an all-electric truck. I do have a big diesel (1T) bought just to be able to tow heavy things.

What I'd really like, no one makes: namely an electrically driven, so GOBS of low end torque, but with a diesel powered generator to keep the batteries charged. Give me 150mi of electric range (unloaded), and then a fuel tank big enough to pull a heavy load 500mi. Oh, and the ability to keep it plugged in at night so 80% of the time I'm not needing to use the diesel motor.

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