Electric vs Gas Truck | Fuel Cost
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- Опубликовано: 31 окт 2022
- After recently testing the Ford Lightning while towing the boat, the largest benefit was the cheaper cost of electricity compared to the fuel for my gasoline powered truck. I threw the numbers in a spreadsheet to highlight the difference. I used my average consumption around town with the two trucks to generate the figures.
My chevy is an 8.1L gas truck that I like to use for towing things around. The Ford Lightning is a 2022 press truck with an msrp of $93,000 (not my truck).
For many people, it is easy to get free electricity. However, for the purpose of this video, I used the DC charging station cost for the electricity rate. 
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CORRECTION: The Chevy has a 37.5 gallon gas tank, not 36.
Is the range listed while towing?
Just normal driving for both trucks. I average 6 to 7 mpg while towing depending on the trailer with the avalanche.
@@ZentRose That sounds familiar. That's about all I got with my 2014 F150 V8 flex fuel. My lightning is so much cheaper to drive and cost savings for me are even greater because I charge at home for $.08/kwh in the winter & $.12/kwh in the summer.
3:15 Hahah you just plug your breaker right in the panel. I love it.
Had to demonstrate how easy it is to set up EV charging haha
I feel like your cost analysis is missing a few key points. Such as the purchase price of the vehicle. Comparing a truck with an MSRP of around 50k to a used truck that can be purchased for under 5k is interesting. It would take roughly 7 years to pay off the purchase price alone. Also the depreciation of EV's is pretty substantial and considering battery replacements ect. on a 7 year old EV. I think it would be a long shot to say it will save you money over 10 years in this comparison. Love the videos by the way!
Yes I just have fuel expense info. It’s all wishful thinking anyway because I can’t even get a new truck for msrp right now 😅.
I've had my fill of the maintenance required on used vehicles, one of the main reasons why I purchased my lightning, no maintenance. My savings are about 4 times greater than shown in this video. My 2014 F150 I traded in only got around 10 mpg when not towing, cut in half when towing. I only charge at home for $.08/kwh in winter & $.12/kwh in summer. As far as the lightning depreciating, I bought it at MSRP, when I drove it off the lot, instead of it loosing several thousand dollars, my lightning became $30k - $40k more valuable. After just driving it a week I had several offers to sell it for over $30k over MSRP. I didn't purchase it for that, and I would've been on a long waiting list before I'd be able to get another one. My original plan was to extend all warranties to match the battery & edrive warranty of 8 yr/100,000 miles but I believe in 3 - 5 yrs ford will have an even better EV truck at which time I'll sell my lightning and buy a new one.
If I drove 12,000 miles a year in my lightning averaging my 2 miles per kwh and using my higher summer kwh cost of $.12/kwh comes to $.06/mile times 12,0000 miles equals $720/yr.
Driving my 2014 the same mileage at 10 mpg would use 1,200 gallons of gasoline. Even at just $4/gal that's $4,800/yr.
This is all local driving without towing. My lightning would do even better towing because I only got about 5 mpg when towing with my 2014. And my lightning range drops to 1.6 miles per kwh when towing same trailer.
I haven't even figured in the cost of maintenance required on an ICE vehicle during a 12 month period. Just oil & filter costs have gone up ridiculously.
If you did have to replace the battery in 7 yrs at 12,000 miles a yr that's only 84,000 miles the 8 yr/100,000 mile warranty will replace the battery for free. I seldom keep a vehicle for more than 7 yrs. I can't even image how much better an EV ford will be making in 7 years.
Second thought for this video... This is why I got the Rav4 Prime... 40-45 mile range... I got the 7500 tax CREDIT on a no markup SE [ base model ] with a few add-ons... I will go for months without consuming any gas... But I have a 3000 lbs real world towing capacity. 0-60 in 5.7 seconds... The battery is managed well enough to hold 80% capacity most of the time without worrying about degradation so I can get free charging in numerous places... Over 100k miles of EV driving you are looking at over 10k in savings easy... Full EV will work for most people with two vehicles... it's a no brainer.
Hell yeah, that's awesome!
I'm retired and single so I decided to trade in both my truck and prius on my lightning to get the price down plus there's no state taxes on the trade in portion of the sale. Got my lightning at MSRP, no markups. The only dealer in my area that sells at MSRP. I use it locally & only charge at home. $.08/kwh in winter & $.12/kwh in summer.
They’re wonderful right up until you want into the dealer and it’s a 3 year waiting list but there’s a demo for sale for $60k!!!!
Of course savings continue with maint items like oil changes, brakes, etc. For what most people actually use their trucks for, electric can make a lot of sense. Here in Montana, not so much. lol
You also have much better fuel pricing in Montana I believe. We get taxed pretty heavily here.
@@ZentRose I'm not saying a word...too many people moving here from CA already! Haha
The last time I saw one of your videos you had a red S2000 that was supercharged. How many years ago was that?
5 years I believe
@@ZentRose holy cow time flies. I had sold my AP2 and started a family since then. The next car I'm considering is a Lexus IS350
How long do you think before an EV truck with a real world 400 mile range (driving 80 plus with a headwind) will exist for under 100K?
I don't know that we will get one. Tesla made that promise but keeps pushing the cybertruck delivery back.
It could be yrs. In the meantime I'll just use my lightning platinum locally and only charge it at home for $.08/kwh in winter & $.12/kwh in summer. At my average 2/mpk that's just $.04/mile in winter & $.06/mile in summer. No maintenance costs, not even oil/filter changes. I'm thinking no more than 5 yrs they'll have a decent charging infrastructure and the range will have also increased significantly.