HEVT Creates Ford F-150 Plug-In Hybrid Pickup Truck

ooh, 200ft-lb electric motor. I sure do hope thats coupled with the standard f150 motor, and not some pussied out small displacement 4 banger

Ah, Mr. Potter places a lot of faith in the American public. Yes, Americans are not that shallow, but how about the American consumers that buy pickups? It has put a constant smile on my face, reading in the paper of the closures of plastic moulding factories and production line slowdowns due to poor pickup truck and SUV sales. As practical a vehicle as they are, the history of consumer-focused light trucks renders me opposed to them with every fiber of my automobile enthusiasm. Though it'd be foolish of anyone to consider the future of these vehicles bleak, I am happy to see their market so desperately wounded. Feel free to disagree with my malicious sadism, but it is about time Americans and Canadians alike outgrew the pickup. A bunch of small, pussied-out hybrid trucks is just what the doctor ordered.

It won't be the drivetrain that keeps people from buying them. It will be the price... I hate to burst your bubble but an electric motor actually develops its greatest torque at zero RPM so a properly designed electric pickup will most likely be faster off the line than an internal combustion version. Just what the folks who drive these things like. Personally, I don't have a problem with pickups or SUVs if they are serving their intended purpose. They are no less eficient than a sports or muscle car when used properly and noone is calling for their demise.