Dealer let me take a Lightning Lariat for the weekend.

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A great experience. 2.7 mi/kWh over 241 miles. No highway, all 55 and down zones. Charged a zero motorcycle at the show. Everything worked flawlessly just like my Mach E. My best description is a 70’s Towncar with a bed, electric power everywhere and 588 HP/788 TQ. The ride in this thing was amazingly smooth. The best riding pickup truck ever. Traffic lights have a whole New meaning to me. About 30 second of laughter after taking off from one.
At 2.7, that’s 57 mpg equal to gas at my rates.
I did a charge as well overnight and with charger losses it worked out to 2.4 mi/kWh. Equal to 51 MPG. The GOM showing 314 miles of range.

BTW the hours are misleading as I had to leave it ON at the EV show to charge the Zero.

the only issue now, is I WANT ONE and did not order one. (6 months ago I was put on the we’ll contact you list). It would stretch the budget but I would have to give up my Mach E for one.
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FYI - the video is 3 seconds long...

Nice looking truck!
 
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FYI - the video is 3 seconds long...

Nice looking truck!
Yup. Just a window shopping shot. It’s all I could get and probably as close as I will get to Owning one, “Window Shopping”.

When you get up to $80+K for a vehicle, Maine Excise tax is a killer @ $1800 just for 1st year registration and $1315 second year. That’s a lot of Bologna today. I would need an XL small battery for me which are probably sold out until 2025 at this point. I guess I can exercise my “Options” at that point.

but going from a ER Mach E to a SR Lightning is not the best move.
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