Just picked up a F150 Lightning EV
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2014 and it had 195000 miles. Remember COVID got in the middle of that
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Okay, so assuming you keep the Lightning (it lasts) 10 years for the same miles:
- Gas savings ($300 / mo times 120 mos.) = $36k
- Less
- Higher MSRP over comparable ICE
- Higher value lost to depreciation (ICE or EV, both will have some value at the end of your use, but the ICE will be worth more and probably by a factor of 2)
- Lost time / value of time / hassle with electric charging for at least some period of ownership
Not really seeing the benefit there. Hopefully the battery pack has a good warranty and you don't have to replace it during your ownership.
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While we're talking about good financial decisions and cars, the smarter move would have been to buy used and not an EV.
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With a $7500 federal credit and whatever state credits or grants are available you aren't comparing apples to apples. If EVs could compete straight up with ICEs, they wouldn't need the subsidy. But they do.
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I might spend $90 a month on gas. EV batteries are like $8,000. Fuck that. Buck will learn the hard way.
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I don’t know where you got the idea that EV version of the F-150 is more expensive than its respective ICE counterpart. It isn’t. Go look at the local dealerships, they’re the same exact price. In some cases the EV is lower.
Obviously I factored that in when I made this decision.
There is ZERO hassle in recharging. I’m always charging to I always leave my house with a full tank and recharge it at night. I used a Tesla charger once in December to get some experience using it and I’ve never had to use a public charger since then.
Finally the fact that I can run any car off the road while at the same time be faster than almost any car on the road with the torque….that thing is a dream. Remember I had had an ICE truck for ten years that I loved so I have no dog in this fight, it’s just the truth. -
Great logic Bill!! I should base my decisions on what I buy based on how many miles YOU drive it instead of how many miles I drive it.
Lol I don’t know what’s in the water today but yall are making posts as dumb as EverettChris today. Snap out of it! -
A quick search at my local Ford - $13k more for the SuperCrew Lightning (with tax credit included).
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I didn’t qualify for the $7500 so I AM comparing apples to apples. Lightnings weren’t selling well until Ford started aggressively pricing them in the last year which then brought them on par with their ICE counterparts. Again, if it wasn’t so, I would have factored that in but that does t change the fact I got the pricing where I wanted.
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Ok let’s start with Soundford and see if you can’t get the Lariat Lightning at the same price as the Lariat ICE.
Let me know what you find out
