Surprisingly, they really suck at hauling stuff. EVs have the physical capability to move heavy loads, but doing so drains the battery so fast that the already smaller range drops to miniscule.
This article talks about the "nice slow pace" you can get towing an RV (2 hours driving, 1 hour charging). Admittedly, that might be nice for RV people, but that sucks balls for people who's truck has a job. If I've gotta go 200 mi with a load, that's 5 hours (assuming my destination has a supercharger I'm using while loading/unloading) instead of less than 3. Something I could get done in a long afternoon now becomes an 11 hour job.
Surprisingly, they really suck at hauling stuff. EVs have the physical capability to move heavy loads, but doing so drains the battery so fast that the already smaller range drops to miniscule.
This article talks about the "nice slow pace" you can get towing an RV (2 hours driving, 1 hour charging). Admittedly, that might be nice for RV people, but that sucks balls for people who's truck has a job. If I've gotta go 200 mi with a load, that's 5 hours (assuming my destination has a supercharger I'm using while loading/unloading) instead of less than 3. Something I could get done in a long afternoon now becomes an 11 hour job.
Like I said, hopefully they fix the range issue if not, they won't start selling trucks nobody can use. I'm agreeing with you.
I'm all for a diesel plug in hybrid. It would still have all the benefits of electric and of the diesel, and will use less diesel.
If you have time, research the 2nd gen volt drivetrain