I finally took delivery of my anti-FiST

Did you get the FoST engine or the Hybrid? The hybrid version sounds pretty cool.

Do a burnout

7K lbs.!!!

HOW MUCH do those batteries weigh?!?!

It's the Lightning - no gas, all electrons.

Man my bad. I thought it was a Maverick

Not with the brown-outs and black-outs we've been promised!

but I can't make gasoline.

Since we can’t afford a lightning yet we are looking at the hybrid maverick. I sure would love a lightning. Crazy how fast technology is improving. I decided against solar years ago because the battery backup really made it expensive, and I didn’t see as much benefit without storage. Now I could install a solar array and a generator receptacle to keep the lights on during an outage and still be able to get around town.

I saw a Hybrid Bronco yesterday . I would take the hybrid Maverick though. I prefer Hybrids to all Electric.

I don't think Ford makes a hybrid Bronco, yet. The F150 replaced a Honda Ridgeline which, several times, wasn't quite enough truck so I'm happy to be back in a full-size pickup; I really do need a "real" bed (even if it's just a short bed).

EV's are an adjustment and aren't for everyone. We have plenty of off-street parking and no problem getting electrical to our cars (we have two EVs, now - only the FiST burns dinosaurs and corn). If we had to park on the street or someplace where we couldn't install a charger then EVs would be a no-go. Unless I was regularly driving over 200 miles a day and often to areas that didn't have a charging infrastructure range wouldn't bother me. I don't charge the F150 over 80% b/c there's no need and it's better for battery longevity.

My wife commutes 70 miles round trip almost daily in our Leaf and we just got back from a 4-day road trip in the F150 with 0 hiccups. There's more planning involved, which, really, just means plugging your destination into nav and letting it tell you where and for how long you're going to stop on the way. 25 minutes of fast charge will get me 150 miles in the F150 and we like to stretch our legs every couple of hours, anyways.

All that said, EV sports cars do nothing for me. They seem too soulless, and I've driven some "nice" ones. I don't think I'll ever sell the FiST but I also don't think I'll ever buy another ICE for daily use.

I've told anyone who would listen that the FiST will be the last ICE vehicle I ever own.

I'm reminded of how Jay Leno compared ICE cars now to horses in the early 1900s. Before vehicles, horses were treated like tools and abused, thrown out like hot garbage when they outlived their ability to make someone money, horribleness goes on and on. But when vehicles came around the only people who owned horses were people who *loved* horses and that still holds true today.

That's how I see my Fiesta and I agree that no EV will come close to that no matter how bad it can pants me off the line or around corners. Never thought I'd own a car that would be an extension of myself but here we are.