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Solid state batteries are expected to increase range 20% to 30%, not 125%!!

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You’re mixing up efficiency with energy price. 0.6 mi/kWh is ~20 MPGe, which is more efficient than 10 MPG. If it costs more, that just means you charged expensive electricity, not that the truck is inefficient.

Wild theory, but I don’t think Ford needs a SurveyMonkey to know how people use a Lightning. The truck phones home constantly — they know when you’re towing, how heavy, how often, where you charge, and whether it’s L1, L2, or DCFC. That survey wasn’t to learn the data, it was to see how owners...

“Tow more efficiently” is corporate code for we can’t recharge 1,000 lbs of batteries in 5 minutes. Electric motors are ~90% efficient, gas is ~25%, and this entire pivot is for the ~7% of truck owners who actually tow often while the rest cosplay Home Depot once a year.