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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by bryanlarsen on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:31AM (#31569248)
An 15 mpg gasoline truck might use $100,000 in fuel over its lifetime. Buying a $40,000 electric truck pays off really quick. Selling power back to the grid is just gravy.
Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by bluGill on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:33PM (#31571563)
That is 300,000 miles at $5/gallon. I don't know what gas prices will go to, but very few trucks go that far before they are scrapped - they absolutely can go a a lot more than that, but most do not.
Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by bryanlarsen on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @02:34PM (#31573106)
Yes, "might" is carrying a lot of weight in my comment. A good number of trucks do hit 300,000 miles.
Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by bushbaba on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:27AM (#31569872)
Electricity isn’t free. You should include that in your comparison costs.
Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by bryanlarsen on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:47AM (#31570138)
It also varies. It can be over 50 cents some places and under 5 cents in others. In comparison, people complain how much more gasoline costs in California compared to elsewhere, but the difference between $6 and $4 doesn't really affect my $100,000 figure all that much.

So I can do the electricity math for myself, but not for others.

Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by johnrgrace on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:44PM (#31571717)
Overnight in Texas it often is free in the wholesale markets.