On the other hand, perhaps these extreme EVs will convince diehard petrolheads to go electric.
“There is no longer an engine under the hood of an electric F-150.
It is now storage,“urban planner Gil Meslinsaid on Twitter.
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Gasoline offers an insane energy density.
Just a few gallons can take a small car hundreds of miles.
Electric batteries are comparatively terrible at storing energy.
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Electric cars pretend to be gas cars, right down to the charging cables that look like gas pumps.
Right now that makes sense.
If all electric cars looked likeRenaults little Twizy, then who would buy them?
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Even the cute and Smart Car, which is ubiquitous in Europe,failed in the US.
Too small, perhaps?
Not enough like a “real” car?
But for electric cars to work out, they need to be smaller.
The smaller and lighter the vehicle, the fewer batteries it needs to carry.
If EVs are going to be smaller and lighter, then they also need a complete redesign.
An SUV-class vehicle just isnt a practical starting point.
The “failed” Smart Car is a much better option.
Lamborghini
But a huge, heavy electric truck will never be green.
But utility trucks like the F-150 are tools.
The thing is, their natural habitat is rural, or at least outside of downtown.
And while cities make for efficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure, in the country, gas makes sense.
You cant walk to the nearest SuperCharger station and fill up a can.
With emissions targets set, electric vehicles are the future.
But they dont have to be the scourge that gas cars are now.
And its place is not the city.
