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Ford Says Large Electric Trucks And SUVs Have 'Unresolvable' Problems (insideevs.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

But how is that an unresolveable problem?

Energy density of batteries is getting higher while prices are shrinking year by year. You can of course question if makes sense to keep throwing more and more batteries at a car with the size of a yacht instead of building a more efficient vehicle. But it's not unresolveable.

The unresolveable part from my perspective is the underlying physics: more weight, big tires (at slow speeds) and poor aerodynamics (at higher speeds) increase consumption. And that problem was there all the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

It's 'unreasolvable' in the sense that nothing currently exists to make an EV truck match the range of an ICE truck while they're presumably dumping lots of cash at the problem currently. Whether or not batteries are cheaper and more energy dense years from now, it doesn't help them sell more 2025 model year trucks. This isn't 'unresolvable' in the sense that it can never be solved just not something that can be solved now.