Chalo said:
I listed four objectionable things.
It's a gluttonous, wasteful bully vehicle that embodies callous indifference at best.
You listed specifications and then stated you would judge people who bought it poorly. I'm concerned that you don't seem to see switching from ICE to an electric vehicle as an improvement. It's published specs out perform the current 5.0L V8, which I would argue is a about as big and fuel hungry as it gets (setting aside the F250, 350... etc). However it has its place: construction, ranches & farms, towing, and as a cross-functional family vehicle (i.e.- it can do work, travel and play). To take that section of the american vehicle market, and make it electric at a price that's not obscenely astronomical for the middle-class seems like a progressive move to me.
I've not seen any support for it being gluttonous (if there is a niche in which it is so, then explain that), nor would I describe it as wasteful (within the contexts I mentioned), bully-ish (?), and there's no support for your claim that its specifications = the embodiment of callous indifference. It's large, relatively heavy, and powerful, yes. There are places these qualities are needed. You're statements suggest you'd admonish a lawncare business owner purchasing one of these instead of just keeping their old gas-guzzler, or a carpenter, concrete worker, etc that would use it for related tasks. Is that the case?
*EDIT*: I didn't see the quote below while writing the above, so in addition:
What you see daily is a microcosm of American life. It can no better be applied to describe the entire nation than the devoted lycra-wearing aggressive cyclist on a 3lb carbon fiber wonder of engineering can be used to describe all bicycle users.
People don't haul self-importance, they haul materials, tools and animals. This comment has no grounding in practical terms.
I agree that fleet use is an excellent use-case for this vehicle. The effects of its release to the market has little to do with Ford's marketing. Intention doesn't disqualify it's potential effects overall. I personally see this as a move in the correct direction, a way to bring gassers around to the position that "hey, maybe electric vehicles aren't dorky after all".
And as to the dangerously fast comment, literally all of the Tesla models are this fast or faster, to my knowledge.
Chalo said:
The overwhelming majority of the time, I see this category of vehicle carrying one person and no cargo. Ford knows this. An automaker that depends on selling trucks and SUVs as personal vehicles for its survival, doesn't deserve to exist.
If someone feels he needs well over three tons of truck and over 500 horsepower to haul his deeply mistaken self-importance, he needs treatment rather than a truck.
It's true that for fleet use, an electric truck makes more sense than a gasoline powered one for a number of reasons. Fuel and maintenance costs top the list, I think. If that was the intention of this new truck, their marketing would reflect it. Also, it wouldn't be so dangerously fast.