Well, actually my Sons new EV...or is it a PHEV? And, like the TM3, he just slapped down a $1K deposit for a 2019 delivery.
Son works in construction (CE). We gave him the Volt during his last year in college, which he immediately traded in for a 2014 Ford F150. Of course I had a cow over that, but evidently there is some unwritten law in Texas that requires that all males can only register pickup trucks with the DMV.
For those not familiar with Workhorse, they started in 1998 by taking over GM's stepvan and motorhome chassis manufacturing. Were later acquired by Navistar, then acquired by AMP and go under the workhorse brand. They are the OEM for the new UPS PHEV delivery vans. The UPS PHEV van will share the same chassis and drive train, but I read that the UPS delivery van will have a 120 kWh battery. Workhorse also plans to make large EV delivery drones.
I had emailed Workhorse last year to be notified if they decide to offer what (at the time) was to only be a Fleet pickup truck to the public. They got back and now they do plan to offer this EV to consumers.. Talk about 'taking a page out of the Tesla playbook', they are likely taking deposits as a crowd funding measure. Enough serious interest ($1K is serious), and I'm sure they can get funding to mass produce. They are also using Panasonic 18650's like Tesla.
Specs:
I fully expect my son to get some notice towards the end of the year saying that the 'Signature Editions' will be released first at $98K...then a little later that 'Production H%&#' has pushed his reservation back a year. Of course this EV Pickup will probably first be sold in the Bubba States (TX, OK, LA, TN, GA, etc.) and will be considered a 'Zeb' compliance truck.
Son works in construction (CE). We gave him the Volt during his last year in college, which he immediately traded in for a 2014 Ford F150. Of course I had a cow over that, but evidently there is some unwritten law in Texas that requires that all males can only register pickup trucks with the DMV.
For those not familiar with Workhorse, they started in 1998 by taking over GM's stepvan and motorhome chassis manufacturing. Were later acquired by Navistar, then acquired by AMP and go under the workhorse brand. They are the OEM for the new UPS PHEV delivery vans. The UPS PHEV van will share the same chassis and drive train, but I read that the UPS delivery van will have a 120 kWh battery. Workhorse also plans to make large EV delivery drones.
I had emailed Workhorse last year to be notified if they decide to offer what (at the time) was to only be a Fleet pickup truck to the public. They got back and now they do plan to offer this EV to consumers.. Talk about 'taking a page out of the Tesla playbook', they are likely taking deposits as a crowd funding measure. Enough serious interest ($1K is serious), and I'm sure they can get funding to mass produce. They are also using Panasonic 18650's like Tesla.
Specs:
- All electric range: 80 miles
- Battery: 60 kWh
- Range Extender MPG: 28 highway, 32 city
- True AWD
- GVWR: 7200 lbs (may be really important if Hummer tax credit is still around)
- Payload: 2200 lbs
- Towing: 5000 lbs
- 7.2 kw power export that allows tools to be plugged directly into the
battery power source without the truck running
- 0-60: 5.5 sec.
- Price estimate: $52K (excluding tax credits)
I fully expect my son to get some notice towards the end of the year saying that the 'Signature Editions' will be released first at $98K...then a little later that 'Production H%&#' has pushed his reservation back a year. Of course this EV Pickup will probably first be sold in the Bubba States (TX, OK, LA, TN, GA, etc.) and will be considered a 'Zeb' compliance truck.