Will You be upgrading to the Lightning EREV?

[ClevelandBeemer]

I will most likely drive until I get close to 100k then sell and get a GM truck EV. After dealing with Ford on warranty issues and repairs in general I just dont trust them outside of that EV warranty and they have done nothing to earn another purchase from me.

Yeah, unless Ford drops another BEV truck, I’ll likely be going Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo in the next few years.

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[Balke]

I'm pretty sure there are federal regulations that require them to carry replacement parts for something like 10 years. Also, Ford themselves have sold quite a few Premium Care extended warranties and will continue to offer that until the last 2025 Lightning is sold so their Dealers will still have to provide service for quite some time.

I get that but if you read my post about issues with warranty of ptc heater you would understand where im coming from. I do not trust in ford or dealerships to do what's right.

 

[DemandingJay]

Not just voting no, emphatically voting hell no

 

[Ventorum94]

The thing that kind of shocked me was that they said the gas engine supplies 130khw to the battery. That’s like super charger level. I don’t think I realized an EREV engine generator could be that powerful. So I guess this is the direction Ford is going with a massive v6 in the frunk as well.

130kW (I don’t think you meant kWh) is 175hp.

 

[Ned B]

Having had my Storm for a month or so, I’m Not interested in the EReV at all. If something happens and I need to replace my truck, I’ll stay with a BEV.

 

[Aland12345]

Would I upgrade to the EREV? If I have to put gas and go back to oil changes, air filters maintaining a cooling system I'd just go ahead and pick up a Coyote powered truck or maybe a Raptor with the money saved. Let's face it an EREV with both Batteries and gas engine and all its support needs will be at least 12 to 15k more than a ICE truck. Maybe a Silverado or possibly an R2. But future EREV Lightnings will be dead to me.

 

[StevenC56]

These poll results just go to show you that Farley may be Fairly Far off.

 

[vvgogh]

What's on the launchpad?

 

[Aland12345]

SpaceX The last Integrated Flight Test of the Starship and booster with my Lightning in the foreground. Watched it the next day...

 

[WXman]

I've followed all the Ram REV and upcoming F-150 EREV and Scout EREV news as closely as possible. I have always thought that EREV is the perfect way to go, because the benefits of EV are still there, but without the Achilles heel of towing range (and range in general) and difficulty of finding level 3 chargers on the road. EREV is sort of like the old saying, "Having your cake, and getting to eat it too!"

But, after lots of thought I have decided to just go back to what I know which is a diesel pickup truck. I'm in my middle aged years now, and I need to get a truck and pay it off and keep it so that I can prepare for retirement, and I just don't want to take on any more experiments at this time. And I feel these new EREV trucks from all the brands are going to be just that: experiments. Just as the F-150 Lightning was.

I know that a diesel pickup will last for a half-million miles, with parts easy to find and replaceable at home if need be, zero range anxiety ever, 5-minute refills anywhere, and very high resale value if the economy crashes and times get really hard. I got a lease payoff quote from Ford yesterday, and this afternoon I'm going to try and unload this thing before resale on Lightning crashes any further. I've already had sales managers and dealerships acting leery about taking the Lightning in on trade. One of them said to me yesterday, "Taking your electric truck in on trade terrifies me. Public sentiment for EVs in this country is dying fast. I will try to flip it quickly." My Lightning has already lost 36% of its value in 7 months(!) I'm going to stop the bleeding today, accept my losses, and try to bring home my "forever truck".

So with that being said, my original vote on page 1 of this thread remains.

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