Originally Posted by BrianF
I tried to figure out how an EV or even a hybrid would work for me. For work or the rips into town it would work range wise. I drive 40km to work, use a work truck for my block and then drive 40km home. The wife does 50km round trip each day to town for work. Add some overnight or during the day charging and it could work.
But hear is the real issue; I live in Saskatchewan. I live down 6 miles of grid road. Department of Holidays (good people but too few and cover far too much area) is not super quick to get the highways cleared. The RM is hit and miss when it comes to clearing the grid roads. Sure an SUV/crossover with good tires could manage (have seen my fair share of them leaving bumpers and bits of chassis behind in the snow). But the biggest issue is the grid roads. Gravel eats tires, it eats the undercarriage. When we get a heavy down pour, you need ground clearance and 4wd just to inch along. You will destroy cars, crossovers, minivans in short order. Its just not feasible to have any of those vehicles long term, let alone a EV/hybrid version.
I hear Ford will come out with an EV F150... great. Now I can buy an electric motor wrapped in that garbage platform. Is that truck capable of towing heavy loads? So now I need to buy an EV truck to DD to work and still have an HD truck with an ICE to do the real work. Where are the economics in that?
Now EV range. Again we live in Sask. Do a day trip to Stoon, that's 400km round trip in just highway km. Go to Regina? About 450km one way. Might stop a few times to get a bite or let the kids out but I can burn that trip out in 5 hours. Why would I make that a mulit day trip?
Now if I moved to town, which is a possibility, getting a small EV for shorter day trips and local cruising is a possibility. I wonder what insurance is for them in these parts though.
I would think EV would be even better at towing.
https://electrek.co/2018/05/04/audi...-suvs-towing-capability-pulling-trailer/
Now, I am not an EV fan. I am a turbocharged ICE fan, until Hybrids evolve further, but once that happens, I will be in the hybrid camp.