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Ford is set to become the first to use LFP batteries in a mainstream EV in the US, starting with its $30,000 midsize pickup.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Gotta love the US. Here in Canada it’s illegal to sell over MSRP. There are a TONNE of Lightnings in my area. Now when I get one will have to be used unfortunately. Really sad.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chevy has some EV silverados that look good on paper. I've never seen reports on how they do in the real world though. If the minimum price wasn't so high I'd have looked closer to replace my last truck. (maybe in a few years)

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

We need the Hilux BEV here.

[–] nbailey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That didn’t really stop Canadian dealers from being scummy. I saw a bunch of “used” lightnings that were ~2 mo old and had ~2,000 km on them, being sold well above MSRP.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Strange. Several of the dealers around here had dozens of them sitting new on the lots.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Strange....they dropped the price on brand new ones so low a friend bought one for his household and one for his business in 23.

[–] fascicle@leminal.space 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Aren't they coming out with the new lightning? Its supposed to have a gas generator onboard to extend its range up to 700 miles or like half of that when towing, which is what I heard was a major complaint on the battery only lightning

Edit: https://www.equipmentworld.com/trucks/pickups/article/15814463/nextgen-ford-f150-lightning-to-get-gas-generator-to-extend-range

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes. Personally, would rather have a full BEV. Don’t do any towing long distance, so don’t need the extra complexity, repair and weight of the generator.