Popular YouTuber Complains That Ford Lightning Winter Range Is Too Small

Hoovie's Garage, aka Tyler Hoover, is a popular YouTube influencer, and he's claiming he's "done" with his Ford F-150 Lightning, which he owns with a friend, because the range in the winter isn't good enough.

He's later seen getting an appraisal in case he decides to trade the truck in, and he's also seen setting up a test drive of a GMC Hummer EV.

Here's the thing: Hoover himself admits that he left the truck sitting outside overnight in slightly below-freezing weather. So perhaps its not surprising that his truck dropped from an estimated range of 149 miles to 37 miles over the course of a 64-mile drive.

We also see him driving at 75 mph on the freeway with a strong headwind. An InsideEVs writer who owns a Lightning suggests he's managed to consume less power than Hoover, in similar or even colder conditions, by taking steps to mitigate the cold's effects on range.

The whole InsideEVs article is interesting -- and ends by subtly suggesting that maybe Hoover had planned to sell the Lightning once he had his content needs filled, range issues or not.

We'll add that like with ICE cars, consumption depends on a lot of factors -- driving style, whether something is being towed, wind, et cetera. It's also known that EVs do suffer from reduced range in cold weather.

We don't know if Hoover had an unusually bad experience with his Lightning or if he was dealing with some really extreme conditions. It is a reminder, however, that experiences with EVs may vary -- and one should be careful to check multiple sources before believing one YouTuber's experience with a vehicle is a representative sample.

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