The EV truck question has gone around and around in my circles. As my daily driver it would be great! I don’t have payload or towing most days.

But when it comes to recreation time, where I used to hunt you can’t even find a power line. I’d have to drag my 3k genny with me to go on a day long chukar hunt. With no cell service there is too much uncertainty.

Now, I would love the quiet to get into deer hunting spots, or driving the canyons looking for birds. Definite advantage there.

When we would go camping, I would have to tow the boat 37 miles with 3000 ft elevation gain, launch boat, wife drives boat to cove, I meet here there, get boat moored, head back to house to pick up trailer, and tow to campsite with no hook-ups. Add several 14 mile trips into Truckee, lather, rinse, repeat. No EVT is going to handle that without running the 3k genny for an afternoon charge.

Nautique’s EV G23 would be essentially useless in this environment as well. The Tahoe NF is years behind in replacing fire rings and tables at camp sites let alone putting in any electrical infrastructure, and the Dept of Reclamation isn’t going to foot that bill.

I love the idea of an EV, but in reality I think we need to be looking at Hydrogen hybrid (EV with hydrogen IC generator) vehicles to go carbon neutral and make for reliable range. Energy from the battery could catalyze water into hydrogen for IC generator to recharge said battery.


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