Ford is laying off about 700 workers who build the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.

Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business::Ford is laying off about 700 workers who build the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      9 months ago

      Electric trucks were a mistake from the beginning, glad they’re finally realizing it.

      How so?

      • UristMcHolland@lemmy.worldEnglish
        153·
        9 months ago

        It’s probably not what they were thinking but a Van can do most anything a truck can do except when it comes to off-road capabilities. For hauling and towing, a Van can usually do the same job without being a machine designed to kill pedestrians.

        • Drop_All_Users@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          9 months ago

          Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business::Ford is laying off about 700 workers who build the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.

          Ugh, no I don’t want to throw a bunch of hay and straw inside a van, you’ll have straw stuck in the crevices of the dashboard forever.

      • Drop_All_Users@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        9 months ago

        I mean I very much want an electric truck just not for $70,000+, I need a a vehicle that can do the following:

        • Carry a 4 person family
        • Is reliable/newer/won’t break down
        • Can do trips to the hardware store/hold lumber/drywall/etc on occasion
        • Can move furniture/appliances on occasion
        • Can move hay/straw on a semi regular basis
        • Bonus points if I can take off road/on mountain trails

        If there was an affordable electric truck that could do this I would buy it, but I bought my (used) Tacoma for about $25k 4 years ago and I really can’t justify anything more expensive then that.

        So if they can bring electric trucks down in price, I will buy one, and I want it to look like a truck, I would never consider a cyber truck, thats beyond ugly.

        • Usernameblankface@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          9 months ago

          Once a f150 lightning is as used as that Tacoma was when you bought it, then it should make sense. All the examples with issues from factory mistakes would have weeded themselves out of the used truck pool, and there should be enough newer fancier electric trucks to bring down the value of today’s trucks when they’re 5-10 years old.

          As long as you’re not towing or road tripping, it should do everything on your list for a reasonable price. It just going to be a while.

        • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          We all have a similar scenario where vehicles are so expensive that we really need them to cover every use case. Married people at least have the option of different vehicles for different use cases

          I have to admit, I’m considering whether I can swing two cars to better serve my needs: an EV most of the time, but keep my SUV for groups or carrying or road trips

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        While your parent also looks like trolling to me, and I also downvoted it for hatred without a reason … this could go in a more constructive direction if we’re considering truck buyers may be more conservative. Truck buyers do seem to be the last bastion of excessive brand loyalty, regardless of their own best interests

    • bemenaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
      85·
      9 months ago

      Sales orders say differently. Since the majority of truck owners nowadays aren’t people who use them for work, they are popular, and nothing is wrong with them. They have more power than a gas truck as well.

        • bemenaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
          102·
          9 months ago

          OK, but that is a totally different topic than electric trucks are bad, which was the start of this discussion. Do I think that there should be less trucks on the road, yes. When I was younger, you didn’t own a truck unless you regularly hauled stuff in the bed, or towed stuff. Now people own them just because. But again, you have totally changed the topic here.

          • jose1324@lemmy.worldEnglish
            22·
            9 months ago

            Hey, I’m not the one that said nothing is wrong with them and that they are good.

            • bemenaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              9 months ago

              You’re still changing the subject. That has nothing to do with the original complaint. The person starting this part of the thread I’m sure just wants a gas or diesel engine. That is all they are complaining about. You’re making it about safety, it’s valid, but off topic for the current discussion.