That's funny!

Ugly!
 

You may be right. If Ford has any sense, they will not mirror GM's ruthless attitude.

I think that is more down to how the press and politicians portray it. Ford has stated that they will be looking for 11 Billion in cuts, analysts think that will mean 25,000 lost jobs.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fo...ays-2018-12-03

Wow, that sucks!

Tesla charges the fees direct to owners account after you have used your free allowance. Don't know about the other brands.

Granted, batteries don't play much role in ships and trains, but electricity does. They just carry around their own electric power generating plant instead of depending upon the electric company. Actually, the more I think about it, the more I suspect a diesel/electric F350 could work very well for all but the heaviest users. Most of us only use a fraction of our engines most of the time, and a smaller diesel engine could charge batteries and power electric motors, and help power the truck. F350s are some of the best platforms to haul around lots of batteries. This might not work well for hot shot haulers and other heavy users, but might work well for us daily drivers of our one tons who sometimes ask them to work like a truck.

The point of electric vehicles is to get away for gasoline and being oil dependent as well as reduce emissions. Trains and ships use electric motors for the torque, not to be fuel efficient. If we still have a diesel that requires fuel as well as DEF what’s the point with the batteries? Diesels nowadays can move more than the frame, drivetrain of the truck and brakes can handle anyways.

The volts are like that, actual elec drive but gas gen if battery gets low, friend has had 2 loved them both and used to show me how little gas he ever uses(could bring up all that data thru a app on his phone. See Ford following suit as they are slashing cars out of the lineup, chysler has been quietly removing cars from its lineup as well...