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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
And this is where charging time vs. ICE matters, towing and cold. Has anyone besides me question why there is no EPA MPGe rating for cold/winter operation of EV? And no manufacturer publishes the data either. Why because the range-anxiety buying public would not accept the reduced range. Best I can find is a minimum drop of 25% range on average.
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My wife and I were looking to move into a pick up truck earlier this year. I took a hard look at the F150 Lighting after seeing some of the ads. I'm not an EV fan and was of the view I'd never buy one but the Lightning had me looking. The range wasn't great, but I thought we might be able to live with that, and then out came the reports about the range dropping below 1/2 with a moderate to light trailer. I live in Canada, we get winter and I on occasion tow. Sorry, the notion of the Lightning stopped right there.
We bought a Ram 1500 ecoDiesel. The thing is brilliant, and it gets better than 30MPG in real world use with 1100Km range. Diesel fuel isn't cheap, but I will likely keep this thing for a long time and I will never have range anxiety.