I was being hyperbolic, I see that wasn’t clear though. Yes you can tow with an EV truck but, the range is halve or less than the ICE equivalent. Like with EV cars, the general puplic isn’t going to switch to EV truck until its an equal proposition. Today, EV trucks perform worse and cost more than ICE trucks so their aren’t many buyers.
You’re assuming that everyone is using their trucks to tow across the country, but that’s very much not the case. The vast majority are just used to move things around town. The GM trucks have a considerable amount of range, even when towing. And the performance is way better than gas. They can tow more and don’t have to worry about brakes catching on fire going downhill.
Yeah I agree that with daily driving you’ll get about the same range as ICE trucks. But from what I looked up on the GMC Sierra EV, starting price is 13k more than the ICE 1500 AND getS about 50% the towing range. Again less performance for a higher price isn’t that appealing for most buyers.
I was being hyperbolic, I see that wasn’t clear though. Yes you can tow with an EV truck but, the range is halve or less than the ICE equivalent. Like with EV cars, the general puplic isn’t going to switch to EV truck until its an equal proposition. Today, EV trucks perform worse and cost more than ICE trucks so their aren’t many buyers.
You’re assuming that everyone is using their trucks to tow across the country, but that’s very much not the case. The vast majority are just used to move things around town. The GM trucks have a considerable amount of range, even when towing. And the performance is way better than gas. They can tow more and don’t have to worry about brakes catching on fire going downhill.
Some only have a towing range of around 100 miles, a 50 mile round trip isn’t that crazy.
What GM trucks are you talking about? Again, I’m not a truck guy so I don’t follow developments in this sector.
Sierra EV is 478 mi.
Hummer is 319 mi.
Silverado is 478 mi.
Escalade IQ is 465 mi.
Yeah I agree that with daily driving you’ll get about the same range as ICE trucks. But from what I looked up on the GMC Sierra EV, starting price is 13k more than the ICE 1500 AND getS about 50% the towing range. Again less performance for a higher price isn’t that appealing for most buyers.
I don’t understand where you’re getting “less performance” from, it is very much the opposite.
Performance = towing range
As in it performs worse as a truck.
That’s not what “performance” means, but I digress.