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A couple of thoughts regarding the F-150 Lightning:
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The rural/agricultural users of F-150 are relatively likely to use an electric truck or an electric ATV because it is convenient to recharge on-farm. It’s pretty common for farm houses or pole barns to have a gasoline and/or diesel storage tank on premises, because they use a lot of fuel seasonally and it’s not like a farmer 30 miles from the nearest Wal-Mart has a gas station around the corner.
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Utility scale solar plants are becoming more common in the heartland of America, sometimes on pasture, some times on row crop land. I say this to point out that it’s possible an F-150 Lightning could be charged with green power even today, even in rural America.
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Agreed. If it makes sense financially/moves a business away from tech that might ultimately become phased out, they’ll do it. My BIL manages a large arable estate here. Seeing him tomorrow actually for the first time since the pandemic started. I’m sure we’ll have a geek out on the latest tech he’s using. Last time I was there he was already using GPS controlled hybrid machinery.
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The issue here is price and availability. I know Ford has a motor speedway parking lot full of brand new F-150 trucks waiting for chips to be able to sell them.
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