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A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs
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Or about 5 f150 lightnings
Me drive car, why anybody need truck?
Towing? What is towing?
Europe has cars with towing packages that aren't trucks
Playing devil’s advocate, but Europe is also a lot smaller than the USA with better transportation and delivery options.
Yes, 95%+ of people in the USA don’t need trucks, but there is a larger need for them here. I can’t snap my fingers and have a lumber delivery for contractors happen in parts of the US, for example. Logistics are much easier in smaller countries.
edit: perfect example - I just helped build a structure on a mining claim in national forest. No one will deliver down a jeep road, but an F-150 was perfect for us.
The 150 lightning can tow 4.5 tonnes, no car can match that.
What if I told you there are more practical vehicles out there that can also tow things, and few people actually tow anything particularly heavy?
Therefore nobody needs a truck?
If that's what I thought, I would have said "no people" instead of "few people"
There are a ton of pickup trucks on the road. The Ford F-Series has been the best selling car in the US for decades. Since the context is about that and towing, do you really think the number of pickups on the road is proportional to people who really need that kind of towing capacity as they drive around suburbia?