F150s and and pickup are just phenomenal vehicles that can do everything where I'm from. There's no shortage of space out here so size isn't an issue.

I couldn't make my road trips in this vehicle the way I currently do. If you wer committed to the idea of an ev and willing to accept the complications you could. I'm not willing to make what's already a lot of driving even more driving.

You have to go out of you're way to find the charging stations. Unless you're just going to the big cities, they aren't on the way from point a to b most of the time.

I haven’t changed anything.

I’m saying that road trips would be made significantly less convenient due to the nature of EV’s and the current reality of their charging infrastructure.

I don’t in fact drive a lifted diesel nor do most people between i10 and i20 where I do in fact spend quite a bit of time

Went from lubbock to menard by way of big spring and back that same direction.the drive alone totaled 460 something miles with probably another 150 miles or so of driving around in places for work.

Did i say that? No. Of course I didn't so take you're strawman somewhere else.

I don’t see this happening. People are usually pretty protective about who the let come to or near their houses. Most people don’t participate in the gig economies.

You completely ignore the fact that most people don’t want to have to make detours to find an electric charging station. They want to head from point A to B which is possible with ICE vehicles. Following the charging stations makes the trip longer than it otherwise would be on top of the god awfull charge speed of…

San Angelo still has 100,000 people in the area. That’s a lot of people with no electric charging station in the area. Sure some people can charge at home but not everybody can. A lot don’t live in a home, or rent a place, or maybe their passing through the area. That last group is the relevant bunch for the topic at…

His complaint is completely irrelevant to the current discussion in this thread. I haven’t said a word about the local use of EV’s (other than a slight tidbit involving the viability of chragers in small towns but that was a reply to someone else). As far as I’m concerned his comment has nothing to do with the…

Did you bother to read anything before typing a reply? This whole thread is about road trips which are by definition away from home.

Yes actually it is. First of all, you can’t simply have a unmanned box in the middle of nowhere. Electric cars take a lot of time to charge even on the fastest superchargers available. So, you’re going to need restaurants and/or convince stores (or probably more than that) to keep people occupied while they are…

There’s a lot more than several thousand that are nowhere near a supercharger. Hell Lubbock alone has 300k in the area with only a planned charger. San Angelo is another one with just a planned charger. No destination chargers and they’ve got well over 100k in the town itself. A lot more in the area.

Look at that map. There’s a huge section north of I10 and south of I20 with nothing. There’s also jack all inbetween I20 and 40 and south of I10. Not everyone lives in or or travels to the big cities. All the superchargers are either on the interstate or in big cities. I don’t spend a lot of time on the interstate or…

Not bad but unfortunately its still not enough to make it a a viable road trip vehicle across TX. TBH, the range itself is probably fine even though its about 30% or so less than the 600+ miles I can get out of my f150 but the problem is still charging. No small towns have chargers and its not profitable enough for…

Yes there is. When I’m out coyote hunting in the middle of the night on private property, I’ll kill all the lighting I can and just drive around in the dark with thermal.

Snowmobiles? They make 4 wheelers and rangers in my neck of the woods.

Once again I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in the last two generation of f150 engine bays as well as the second gen silverado engine bay. In my experience the Fords are way ahead of the Chevy’s.