AAA test shows how much loading up the F-150 Lightning reduces its range Comments

• Jojomontag
• rV8
• 07 Jun 2023

The article bashes a 24.5% range drop, but in the same sentence states that a "fully loaded ICE-powered F-150 has fuel economy about 25% worse than an empty truck." Isn't that on part?

Also, 320 miles is achievable through city and highway, but not at 80 mph speeds. It doesn't matter what you drive: the faster you go beyond 60 mph, the less efficient. With my Lightning, rated at 230 miles, I achieve about 260-270 miles of range between city and highway. But I don't drive like a speed demon.

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• Jojomontag
• rV8
• 07 Jun 2023

The article bashes a 24.5% range drop, but in the same sentence states that a "fully loaded ICE-powered F-150 has fuel economy about 25% worse than an empty truck." Isn't that on part?

Also, 320 miles is achievable through city and highway, but not at 80 mph speeds. It doesn't matter what you drive: the faster you go beyond 60 mph, the less efficient. With my Lightning, rated at 230 miles, I achieve about 260-270 miles of range between city and highway. But I don't drive like a speed demon.

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• Anonymous
• qnj
• 06 Jun 2023

All this test did is to show that fossil fuel powered vehicles are better in nearly every way than EV's. And no child labor is involved in mining elements to build the batteries. Does anyone care about that or do we just ignore that so we can build more EV's?

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