How Far Can a Gas Truck & an Electric Ford Lightning Go Towing the Same Camper On ONE Fill-up?

* Correction: Magna does not provide the ADAS system on the Supercruise.

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* Correction: Magna does not provide the ADAS system on the Supercruise.

[ChucksPullingVideos]

This is exactly the kind of thing I have been trying to get across to people who keep pressuring me to switch to EV. I travel hundreds of miles for work, often times 100-250+ miles in a day. Short range and long charge times are just not practical for me. This was a great comparison test!

[AndyFL]

When you actually account for a total recharge of the Lightning, you saved only $6. Regular gasoline, which would have been fine, would have cost you roughly $78 and took a couple minutes. A 75% charge cost you $27 which means a full charge would have run you WAY. Once you pay to recharge again once you reached home base you would have had a total of $72 in recharge cost. Who here is willing to spend an additional 88 minutes of their life to save $6.

[Greasyfingers]

With the millions of views in just a few weeks of posting your video, I think you guys have answered the question all of us truck folks have been wondering. Can’t say I didn’t expect that outcome.

[krelllab]

Here in Monterey California it's quite common for me to see 3 or 4 cars in line waiting to charge at the local Target store. You are REQUIRED to stay with your vehicle while charging because others are waiting. I asked one guy at the end of the line why he didn't charge somewhere else. He said he was down to 18% battery and wasn't sure if he could make it to another charging station. Nice way to spend 3 or 4 hours of your vacation. Meanwhile, the girls in the gas car fill up in 3 minutes and there off to the beach.

[stevesmith]

EV towing is simply impractical in all but local area towing. And the charging sites are not engineered with trailer towing in mind.

[jamesbeaman]

Kudos to the TFL team for using real world identical travel trailers at the same time and route rather than the flat bed. Makes a big difference and provides good control for the test.

[kylefarlow]

Let's see. The F150 Lightning had 1/3 of its normal range when towing, and a range computer that over-estimated range by nearly 50% despite putting in exact trailer data? I'm not sure which of those is more troubling, but it shows that vehicle was never intended to tow.

[mthnd]

You should also have mentioned that in addition to having doubled the range and gas it can be filled almost anywhere and in significantly less time.

[Asantenanna]

I've worked for magna for 5 years. No one has heard of them even though they're the go to third party supplier. Cool to see they sponsored this!

[frankgeimer]

That is a real eye opener on the range restrictions of the Lightning. Thanks for the ride along!

[RadoMatt]

Curious to see what this would have looked like towing uphill in the Rockies.

[chaseallen]

Seriously made me go from wanting this EV to now wanting a diesel truck

[cornhusker]

Thank you for a great real world comparison of electric vs gas truck towing.

[Theonedjneo]

What you did is prove just how impractical an electric truck is for people who actually use their pick-up or live in rural areas. I have an ev, and I laughed when it gave you the estimated range because I knew that it was way too optimistic.

[johndrake]

Please do this run again this coming winter when it’s -35c out side.
I’d love to see the lost of battery life due to the cold and see how far you can go on a charge with a trailer in tow.
I need a good laugh.

[olsparkywisenheimer]

This test would be even more dramatic vs a Diesel. My old gas rigs were always hurt much more on trailer mileage than my diesels.

[carlitodeleon]

This is really informative. I was really pulling for Lighting ; but 89 miles range . That’s is horrible .

[ronb]

Imagine how much worse those batteries would perform in extreme cold or heat! 😳

[HoustonTexasAMG]

Imagine a 12 hr drive taking 17 because you gotta charge every 80miles