How a Wave of Electric Trucks Could Create Millions of ‘Accidental Environmentalists’

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Meet Bob Dykes, a Wyoming oilman who just put a deposit on a $112,000 electric Hummer. Such 'accidental environmentalists' could be key to America’s EV transition.

. More have expressed interest in electric SUVs such as the Toyota bZ4X and Mercedes-Benz EQB, and electric versions of pickups such as the Ford F-150 and Chevy Silverado, a close relative of the Hummer.

These vehicles are advertised with promises of long battery range, high towing capacity, all the extras typical of midrange luxury vehicles—and hardly a mention of their eco-friendly bona fides. If previous electric autos were marketed to people concerned about climate change, these are pitched to people more concerned about surviving its aftermath.

These aren’t your California cousin’s EVs. In fact, a growing number of economists, sociologists and psychologists say they could turn even guys who grew up on ’60s muscle cars into something they might not have identified as before: environmentalists.

 

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Ha! You’ll never convince me that electric vehicles will carry the same stigma and fascination as gas vehicles did for me growing up during the muscle car era. I like my bourbon neat, my cars loud with a twist of high octane and my Harleys with a shovel and straight pipes.🤷‍♂️

So the plastic that they make these vehicles from is that environmentally friendly. Are the batteries environmentally safe the rubber tires are they environmentally friendly. Quite being a hypocrite and thinking you are better than you are for buying a Evo vehicle.

EVs subverting climate change denialists. i love it. idiots no longer have a choice on being an idiot or not.

Why would an SUV turn someone who likes muscle cars into an environmentalist?

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EVs will never catch on! Why do men love cars? Men love cars for their big and noisy IC engines! Usually the bigger and noisier, the more attractive a car is. With electric drivetrain it's like taking out the fun in driving. Men and Combustion Engines are symbiotic.

Watch how much energy is required to build these vehicles.

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Buying a vehicle or other consumer products doesn’t make someone an environmentalist....

propaganda piece by the wsj sjw activists to promote the lefty agenda of fake climate change false scam to push deindustrialization of U.S . No one wants electric cars it will be a big flop . They think people are dumb suckers , so insulting and mocking .

He’s actually going to convert it to gasoline as a big FU to the current administration.

Lol “oilmen” (sic) are also responsible for producing natural gas. Guess what powers most of your electricity? This isn’t a contradiction in values in the least.

Hummer EV is OK I guess, but it's still not an efficient use of energy. With its 200kWh it can maybe do 350 miles, if you're careful. 🤷‍♂️ Cybertruck will do 500+ miles with a ~180kWh battery.

When cars first appeared, they were designed to look like horse drawn carriages in effort to appeal to people to shift from horses to cars. I guess, car companies, by simply electrifying existing vehicle designs is the same principle!

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this is terrible news

I believe America just needs to be the world leader at it, then it will become the norm.

Rich people like nice expensive cars. Shocker. The EV subsidies benefit the rich.

How is that an environmentalist? Even if 3 quarters of his electricity usage come from green for the rest of his life, he'd be better off driving a small petrol car. Not to mention the footprint of building the electric hummer. It's this sort of articles that propagate the myth.

Over priced 112k ! Buy F150 for 35K you will be left with 77k Gas money.

You don’t need to be green focused to buy an EV. They are crazy fast and fun to drive. Not to mention soon to be cheaper than gas cars and oh yeah, almost no maintenance.

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This Cybertruck look more different and unique VS other legacy trucks that look similar for past few decades !

People talk about climate. But not having to breath in fumes anymore is also a huge +

GM has a winner with the electric Hummers.🏁

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