Ford Lightning vs. Tesla Cybertruck

To celebrate this year’s solstice, Ford CEO James Farley said, “Ford makes trucks for real people who do real work.” Farley expects that Ford’s EV pickup Ford Lightning F-150 will be more popular than Tesla’s EV pickup Cybertruck, which is expected to be popular only among “Silicon Valley people.” It is interesting that both trucks …

Electric Pickups: The Old is New

One hundred years ago the most popular vehicle was a pickup. Many people lived and worked on farms, and needed vehicles for hauling farming equipment and materials. Carrying people was secondary. Today there are a considerable number of electric pickup brands:  Ford F-150 Lightning Chevrolet Silverado EV GMC Sierra EV GMC Hummer EV Tesla Cybertruck …