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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by SoftTalker on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:12AM (#50394259)
No, the F150 has great sales numbers but this is mostly due to commercial/work use. And commercial buyers need trucks that can tow, haul, be fitted with large toolboxes, booms/cranes, winches, plows, etc. The F150 electric solved none of those problems.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by lyelibi on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:26AM (#50394486)
You're dismissing a cultural aspect of the popularity of trucks in america. There is way more trucks in Texas than say in Indiana, or Massachusetts on the road. Texas is one of the only states where people still drive hummers. They're not all doing off-roads
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by NewJazz on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:50AM (#50394853)
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by SoftTalker on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:33PM (#50396344)
Yeah my neighbor has a Sierra EV truck and he claims 500 miles range towing a camper, which I doubt but he loves it. He's all-in on EVs, has a Volvo as well and solar on his roof to help charge them.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by NewJazz on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:42PM (#50398219)
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by shawn_w on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:03PM (#50395041)
You need a 250 or 350 class truck for a lot of those uses - plows or heavy loads for example.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by SoftTalker on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:35PM (#50396382)
Well that's true. Loads of F150s in service as work trucks though. Potentially many could be EVs but the added cost and need for charging infrastructure for a fleet works against that.
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