{"id":151420,"date":"2019-07-24T02:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T18:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1797066\/"},"modified":"2019-07-24T02:30:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T18:30:46","slug":"watch-electric-ford-f-150-prototype-tows-over-a-million-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/24\/watch-electric-ford-f-150-prototype-tows-over-a-million-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Electric Ford F-150 Prototype Tows Over a Million Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/elec-f150-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">Ford demonstrated its electric F-150 prototype towing 10 double-decker rail cars filled with 42 current-model F-150s, weighing over a million pounds in total. (Photo Credit: Ford)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ford&#8217;s F-series has been the best-selling truck line-up in America for more than four decades. Soon the company will add a new model: an all-electric F-150.<\/p>\n<p>Just about every automaker has at least one electric car on the market already. Trucks are another story, however. While the odd hybrid pick-up has popped up from time to time, gas and diesel powerplants are still the norm.<\/p>\n<p>For many car buyers the reduced maintenance and reduced operating costs make electrics an easy sell. Truck buyers, on the other hand, might have concerns about hauling and towing capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Ford wants its fans to know that won&#8217;t be a problem. Their electric F-150 prototype packs plenty of muscle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bXFHgoon7lg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>To prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt, Ford hitched up a series of 10 double-decker rail cars. To keep things meta, they filled those cars with other F-150s \u2014 42 of them, obviously because that&#8217;s answer to the ultimate question.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the load weighed just over 1 million pounds. Ford&#8217;s electric F-150 had no trouble shifting them.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, it only had to move them 1,000 feet over flat ground, but it was still a pretty impressive demonstration of the prototype&#8217;s capabilities. Brief videos like these could go a long way in shifting perceptions about electric trucks.<\/p>\n<p>The folks over at Rivian also have truck buyers pretty excited. While the company doesn&#8217;t share pre-order numbers, they have said that their goal is to produce 20,000 of its R1T truck and R1S SUV in 2021. They also think doubling that figure for 2022 is a strong possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla is working on a truck as well. It&#8217;s currently the <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2019\/07\/03\/tesla-pickup-truck-overtakes-ford-f150-talked-about\/\">most talked about pickup in the U.S.<\/a> based on geolocated Twitter data. That&#8217;s despite the fact that very little information has been shared about it so far.<\/p>\n<p>Those rankings could be slightly skewed, what with Tesla&#8217;s legion of very vocal fans hanging out there to see what the equally vocal Elon Musk is going to tease next. Whatever the case, it&#8217;s clear that buzz is building around electric trucks and the fight for supremacy will be a heated one.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More on Geek.com:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/behold-the-worlds-first-fully-electric-classic-ford-bronco-1784798\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Behold: The World\u2019s First Fully Electric Classic Ford Bronco<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/tech\/ford-secretly-designed-a-pickup-truck-emoji-and-its-been-shortlisted-by-unicode-1796282\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Ford Secretly Designed a Pickup Truck Emoji<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/an-iconic-american-muscle-car-gets-the-lego-treatment-1775679\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">An Iconic Muscle Car Gets the Lego Treatment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/elec-f150-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>Ford demonstrated its electric F-150 prototype towing 10 double-decker rail cars filled with 42 current-model F-150s, weighing over a million pounds in total. (Photo Credit: Ford)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ford&rsquo;s F-series has been the best-selling truck line-up in America for more than four decades. Soon the company will add a new model: an all-electric F-150. 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