Megalith
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Some believe that Tesla should show off their electric pickup ASAP and open preorders for it in order to accelerate the advent of electric transport in the trucking arena, whose major players still have their “heads buried in the sand” regarding all-electric pickups. A large number of reservations, which would be pretty certain, would presumably compel automakers to shift their plans and priorities. The Model 3 has already convinced many companies to view it as the new benchmark in their all-electric vehicle programs.
The US auto industry is highly dependent on trucks. It’s where not only most but almost all of their profit is coming from and Ford’s F-series trucks are consistently the best-selling vehicles in the country. The fact that they don’t seem to have any serious effort to transition this segment to all-electric propulsion is worrisome for the US auto industry. Ford announced earlier this year that they plan to introduce a hybrid powertrain in the F-150 in 2020. We are not even talking about a plug-in powertrain here, it would still be completely reliant on gas and that is still 3 years down the road. It’s a segment that badly needs to be electrified and someone will do it even if it’s not Ford, GM, or Chrysler.
The US auto industry is highly dependent on trucks. It’s where not only most but almost all of their profit is coming from and Ford’s F-series trucks are consistently the best-selling vehicles in the country. The fact that they don’t seem to have any serious effort to transition this segment to all-electric propulsion is worrisome for the US auto industry. Ford announced earlier this year that they plan to introduce a hybrid powertrain in the F-150 in 2020. We are not even talking about a plug-in powertrain here, it would still be completely reliant on gas and that is still 3 years down the road. It’s a segment that badly needs to be electrified and someone will do it even if it’s not Ford, GM, or Chrysler.