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by donw 1594 days ago
Because indicated electric vehicle ranges are never highly optimistic.

100 miles is a very, very short round trip in most of the US.

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Do you have data to back that up? 100 miles is pretty significant for a work truck, especially if youre assuming you wont be able to charge it at the turnaround point and get ~200 miles
Is that simply your impression, or is there trip length data to support that?
its pretty simple:

an electric truck can tow big stuff no problem, but not very far.

so whether it is good for towing depends on how far you tow.

Most of the land in the US - sure. Most of the people in the US - no.