Totally agree, it's only useful as an around town truck. I could use it to do home Depot trips and stuff like that. You know, the kind of stuff that doesn't justify owning a big money truck vs renting one for $20 an hour at home Depot.
We are probably gonna sell our boat, but even if we didn't, we would likely be using the the expedition to tow it anywhere as it has more space for the family and our stuff.
If the EV truck was a cheaper option than the gas truck, it could make sense. I drive like 100 miles a week, so I'm never gonna make up anything on charging vs gas, so the EV has to be cheaper for me to maybe buy it. But it also has to be just as good, and right now it isn't.
And yes, I know I could get a standard range, but that seems against the whole.point of a truck. A truck isn't about "just what you need and nothing more" anymore, it's "the 300 gallon fuel tank is only $350, I may as well get that". They're about excess, more towing than you need, more space, more power... The compromise battery pack doesn't make sense there.
Another weird tidbit. I looked at the lightning forums, and they have some weird stuff going on there. One guy was complaining that another lightning owner had the audacity to CHARGE HIS TRUCK FULLY AT A PUBLIC CHARGER. Apparently, the last 20% takes longer and is done at a slower rate, and these weirdos think that the "code of conduct" is to only charge until your charge slows, then limp along to your next charge. They had a whole thread talking about this, and how it could give them a bad name in the EV community. They also think it has flopped because it isn't a clean sheet BEV. They're delulu. They said "it looks like any other f150 like that's a bad thing, lol. Weird people over there