Who will be first? Electric Trucks

Like almost everything gm does. It’s over hyped and generally disappointing.

 

Who else will hold off as long as they can on an electric vehicle?

 

Hoping to get 10 years out of my current Taco, then move on to an EV Taco. I agree with you on letting the guinea pigs pay for it now.

 

I've heard most hybrid batteries go in 5-6 years. It's a pretty big expense but like any vehicle you could consider it an investment in your future. Technology is always advancing too hence why we're seeing battery ranges go farther - it's only a matter of time until batteries last much longer too.

 

I was skeptical too until I rode in a Tesla. I'm convinced electric cars done right are the future, but I wouldn't blame anyone for leasing right now as the technology is evolving so quickly. Hopefully Toyota does it right in a 4th gen Taco.

 

This is no longer the case. Most Tesla's lose less than 10% capacity after 160k miles.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/electrek.co/2018/04/14/tesla-battery-degradation-data/amp/

Edit for supporting link.

 

That's wild. Permitting everything else stays in working order it seems like they'll last as long as a gas powered engine minus a few miles to the charge. Very cool

 

I really do appreciate what you’re trying to do, but where does all that electricity for the batteries come from?? Until someone who loves coal and oil and hates wind turbines, and all others who think that way or are in government and get huge profits from the oil industry are no longer in charge, we’re going to be dependent on fossil fuels and spewing CO2 no matter which direction we go with our vehicle purchases.

 

I would guess Ford or GM. Toyota will probably be among the last to change. Toyota is very conservative when it comes to new tech.

 

Me. Many reasons. One being that I’m sure they are going to do everything they can to make them as unserviceable as possible like every other “cool new expensive electronic thing”

 

I hear the transmission is impossible to service on electric cars. Oil changes are impossible for the DIY person as well. Cool new expensive electronic things are the worst.

 

you don’t see any benefit to never visiting a gas station , 1/10 the maintenance requirements, not needing to worry about regear with any size tires, crash safety and survivability, no need for a larger transmission cooler when hauling or off roading hard , no need to carry a spare fuel pump , dealing with shifting gears on mountain roads or hauling, burning you clutch trying to crawl over a rock , pulling water into your motor and hydro locking it , loss of power at higher elevations, waiting for the motor to warm up before I can thaw out my finger tips , running the AC in a parking lot, 14mpg with 35” tires , worrying about pinging off your rev limiter over and over in sand dunes


You’re r just not stoked on plugging it in and waiting around ? Or worried about global energy politics/ economics? K....

 

What your talking about there is maintenance. And obviously there will be less of that. There will still be things that break or wear out.

 

There's a reason it's going to cost $60,000+ for an ev truck.

0-60 in under 2 seconds. Has to be able to stop and turn. The high end companies will be ahead of this game (Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, Bmw). They already have fast cars that can turn and stop on a dime. Big brakes and big tires come with costs.

The EV that we will see in a Tacoma will have Tacoma performance and price. Can you say EV with rear drum brakes??

 

Think of all we can look forward to...paying an electronics tech to work on our vehicles instead of a mechanic. Say good bye to DIY maintenance.

 

Who wants something that you can’t wrench on to make your own? I love the quirks of the vehicles that I’ve owned. The sound, the tricks, the feel and even the maintenance. I think it’s even fun overcoming the shortfalls of OEM and then in 50-100,000 miles taking it back apart and seeing how it did for your driving style. I also love the sound of an internal combustion engine and the feel of one at idle. It freaks me out when I get a rental car that shuts itself off at a stoplight.

 

Wow. Assumptions for days. Maintenance will not be 1/10th lmao. Still has tires, brakes, wiper blades, coolant, headlamp bulbs, suspension bushings, bearings. Basically everything that any other car has besides the engine. The brakes and tires will be huge and these cars will have INCREASED maintenance costs.

Re-gearing will still be required. If you want to gain back power lost from larger tires.

Bigger tires will lower aero dynamics and drag and increase rolling resistance therefore lowering your mileage range.

Lemme guess, you graduated from one of those UTI tech schools and think you know some shit.

 

Complaining about the current state of EVs is like complaining about having to wind up the tape in your cassette with a pencil.

 

What transmission

 

Isn’t it like rheostat controlled or something?