Haven't seen ANY Rivian ad, was just agreeing with your comments about dragster pickup trucks. I'm gonna go out on a limb and venture a guess that very few of these (or the the weird looking Tesla truck, if it ever gets built) will be used to do actual work, but more as a status symbol.
Don't recall anyone saying they can't.
Don't recall that article, but a while back they published an article on someone who converted a Dakota to run on wood chips. Trouble is the gasifier and a supply of fuel took up the whole bed making it pretty useless as a truck. Cool that someone was ingenious enough to come up with it, but not very practical.
It is unfortunate that they divided the "One Nation, Indivisible" phrase. As an unbeliever, I don't see that the "under god" stuff accomplishes anything but divisiveness. When I was a kid, the motto of the United States was E Pluribus Unum. I liked that one.
This has already been thought of and solved. The car goes into power saver mode long before the battery is completely drained and leaves enough reserve power to get you safely off the road and to a power source. Also a 15 minute boost from a mobile fast charger would give you 30 miles or so more range. And who runs out of gas anymore? Any car built in the last 30 years warns you with persistent alarms well before you run dry. Electric vehicles are the future my friend. And, they are over-all more reliable with fewer failure points.That's of those "things" which will work itself out. I have AAA. If I run out, they will bring me a gallon of gas. I also have free towing up to 100 miles. Perhaps they will indeed tow you. I haven't run out of gas in 40 years. I decided I didn't like it.
For me running out of gas, electricity, or other breakdowns in the wrong place at the wrong time of year could be life threatening; especially as I get older and can't walk as far as I used to. (I once put a piston out through the crankcase on my snowsled so I worked all day, then walked about 5 miles out of the woods. I can't do that anymore.) I asked questions similar to yours in the "Battery based vehicles" thread and got nothing but ridiculed and labeled as a "hater" for my troubles. I finally had to stop reading that thread. I don't mind opposing viewpoints but don't deal well with fanatics.
Sure, you could give them a “gallon of electricity.” The electric Ford pickup has an outlet next to the tailgate that can be used to power anything from the truck’s batteries. People are buying them to double as a home power backup and for jobsite power.
The problem with that is that people will still run the vehicle out of charge, then it’s difficult to get it running again especially if it’s stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, a tunnel, bridge, etc. It’s not solved because the problem isn’t if there’s a reserve battery. The problem is how do you move a dead EV stuck in a mile long traffic jam in a bridge or tunnel? We also know the EVs will still have sensors that fail or get into accidents where they will become disabled just like n ICEV
The problem is solved because it isn’t a problem. EV sales are increasing every year because they make sense for a lot of people. You obviously have a problem with EVs and the people that want to buy them. No one is going to make you buy one. An IC car is more likely to need a tow than an EV is due to fewer failure points in the EV power train. I pass broken down gasoline powered cars sitting in the emergency lane every day. You’re beating a dead horse.
Actually, if you read my posts, you’d see I really want an EV truck.
Here, as in most internet discussions, there is no such thing as middle ground. I would like an EV as a second vehicle but right now they aren't practical for me. I had considered a hybrid Maverick instead, but Ford has been overwhelmed by their popularity.