Thread by @LarrySchweikart

1) A couple of weeks ago, the Ford CEO admitted he was shocked at the "challenges" associated with driving a long distance in an electric Ford 150 truck.

2) Most notably, it took him "fowah howah" (to use comedian Jon Pinnette's best Chinese voice) to just recharge 40%!!

3) Here's the thing: even at that, the little "test" was staged and completely biased toward the truck.

4) A real test would look something like this:
*You must BE someplace in 15-24 hours. It will take you off well-known freeways, and include city driving.

4) Contd . . .
*You do not have the option of calling for gas backup. You must make it in your EV.

5) Now those challenges become Everest-sized mountains. Add to that your GPS can't find the next charging station---you have to just drive to find "gas" er, electricity.

6) And one more: maybe your GOPS says "charging station" but you get there and it's a TESLA station, which is incompatible with Fords.

7) You see my point. This CEO didn't come close to dealing with a real-life driving situation where he could not afford to take more . . .

7) contd . . . than 15 minutes to "refuel" even including going into the QuikMart for some Doritos and a Pepsi.

8) Let's add one more. You manage to find a charging station compatible with a Ford . . . only there are 10 other vehicles in line, each at a max 1/2 hour charge.

9) Rutabaga wants to create 30,000 charging stations nationwide . . . but right now there are 145,000 GAS stations and most of those have between four and twelve pumps. Each of those dispenses a full tank in less than 5 minutes.

10) Put another way, there area over 250,000 "gas charging stations" in America, which operate between 200% and 400% faster than electric chargers. But if you have a truck, it's closer to several thousand percent faster.

11) And Rutabaga thinks he's gonna have electric trucks.