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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers by selykg on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:51AM (#31570981)
Perhaps I wasn't clear. The alternative then is to build the same truck, but keep it as a combustion engine. You're not going to stop people from buying a truck. Which truck do you want them to buy?

Which is worse?

Re:Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers by ndespres on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:41PM (#31571674)
Ford could make a smaller truck with the same size bed, or longer, with a shorter height and narrower width, and shave 1000 lbs or more off the gross vehicle weight. These new trucks are enormous compared to what was standard 20-30 years ago, for really no good reason.
Re:Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers by samsolomon on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:54PM (#31577495)
They have a smaller electric truck, the Maverick. However, some people want something larger. I imagine we’ll see an all-electric Ranger in the next year or two.
Re:Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers by dwaltrip on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @03:28PM (#31573802)
Would you ask them to do that even if it meant less sales?