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'Tall order to ask the average Canadian': EVs are twice as hard to sell today
(financialpost.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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If ford built an electric version of the 2005-2010 Ranger I would buy it today. It's not even a new idea, they made electric Rangers around 2000 but they had lead acid batteries so the range was only 150km.
I want a PRACTICAL pickup, not a god damned $61K, 5 seat, electric minivan with 4 foot trunk.
Cargo vans are more practical than pick up trucks for 95% of uses. Modern trucks are more like status symbols than work horses.
Totally, you can fit a hell of a lot more sheet material into a cargo van than a modern pickup. Even minivans with fold down seats have more cargo space than a Ram with 4x5.5 box.
I learned this years ago. Many minivans are capable of towing 3500 pounds and can hold 4'x8' sheets of plywood flat on the floor. The bonus is that I can also carry 6 passengers with me if I need, which you can't do with a pickup. At least not legally, anyways.