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2026 Ford Lightning will have all-electric drive train and gasoline-powered range extender (newatlas.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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I feel this article is more informative than the last article I posted. Credit to noride@lemmy.zip for the link.

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[–] 28 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Honestly this is smart for Ford. The weak spot of an EV pickup in the American market is towing, and a gasoline range extender solves this issue while keeping most of the benefits.

Now, if they can market it effectively is another question.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Range anxiety. That's the word you're looking for and yeah, no clue why they didn't do gas-electric in the first place. It's not like the concept is unproven with trains and ships. It's like the companies actively didn't want to make the best combination until they had to.

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