NYT Article: Electric Car Age dawning sooner than expected

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That would be a real shame, but yeah, I suspect many of the early BEVs will look that way until batteries get to the next level and can handle it as well as ICE. But right now, they need extra help to close that gap.

Ideally, nextgen battery tech will be able to power an Explorer or Suburban or Bronco just as well as ICE now does.
Or a Hummer!
 

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Meh.

This is what a REAL pickup looks like:

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Ya got me there. I do like that better. The windows on the Hummer start too high and are too short. Proportions look wrong.

Great blue on the Ford too. Really wish they offered that in the Mach-E. I probably would have picked that, even over the red.
 


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Ya got me there. I do like that better. The windows on the Hummer start too high and are too short. Proportions look wrong.

Great blue on the Ford too. Really wish they offered that in the Mach-E. I probably would have picked that, even over the red.
I wish they had that blue as well.

It’ll be interesting to see just how the BEV F-150 looks when it’s eventually unveiled.
 

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That would be a real shame, but yeah, I suspect many of the early BEVs will look that way until batteries get to the next level and can handle it as well as ICE. But right now, they need extra help to close that gap.

Ideally, nextgen battery tech will be able to power an Explorer or Suburban or Bronco just as well as ICE now does.
Even ice vehicles. The rear ends all of the same slope and wing protruding in the back. I'm specifically referring to SUV/CUV.
 
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Ya got me there. I do like that better. The windows on the Hummer start too high and are too short. Proportions look wrong.

Great blue on the Ford too. Really wish they offered that in the Mach-E. I probably would have picked that, even over the red.
Yes, that is a great blue. That needs to be on more Fords
 

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I had a Sport Trac back in the day - I still miss is dearly - and it occurs to me that you could pretty easily make a BEV version of it like they are the F-150.

but I suppose the higher-end F-150s have now gotten to the luxury level of my beloved truck so there's not really a place for it like there once was. (*)

(*) it had a power rear window and a moon-roof - open them and the four windows, and you practically had a convertible
 

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I wish they had that blue as well.

It’ll be interesting to see just how the BEV F-150 looks when it’s eventually unveiled.
What, that's not Infinite Blue?
 

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AKA (aerodynamics of) a barn door. ?
That is actually pretty slippery compared to this:
Ford Mustang Mach-E NYT Article: Electric Car Age dawning sooner than expected 2020-09-06 08.12.14 (2)

Now this is a barn door!

Edit: I'm with everyone else on that blue; great looking color.
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