I see some still believe the battery replacement myth. That's all it is though, a myth. There are STILl original Prius on the road with original batteries going on 20 years now. I myself owned a Prius, great car for what it was, cheap to run, great MPG, crappy car for everything else. It was the WORST car I ever drove. It was the only car that left me sitting at the bottom of a hill that had a little snow on it, every time the wheel slipped the power would cut out. Not kidding, took me 20 minutes to go 400'!!!
I replaced it with a Camry Hybrid. Drove much better, but was cheaply built, will never understand the praise Toyota gets, I thought both cars were the cheapest made I ever owned and I owned a Plymouth Horizon! I eventually replaced it with a Fusion Hybrid. Now that was a GOOD car. 100,000+ miles before trading it for a 2013 Fusion Hybrid. That was an even better car. It did 45 MPH on battery alone. I was easily getting 40 MPG in a large family sedan. I eventually had to replace it with a pickup due to my back problems, I couldnt sit in a car for more than 20 minutes before I was in excruciating pain. I need to be able to sit like in a chair, and could not do that in a car.
Over all though, not once did I ever get concerned about the batteries failing. There is so much technology packed into the battery pack to get the most out of every single cell. A computer monitors each cell and provides just the right amount of input and draw to optimize performance of it. It prevents cell degeneration, and that is why the myth of batteries going bad in a few year is debunked. I have a couple fried who still have their 2010 Fusion Hybrids, well beyond 150K miles and still working like day one. There are plenty of Prius owners with 15 YO cars on their original packs.
As for the Lightning? WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!! If I wanted to replace my current 2018 F150 Platinum with a same Lightning, it would cost me almost double what the 2018 cost. I could never justify the expense no matter how much fuel it saves.
Ideally though, when and IF we ever go back to full time in the office, my 120 mile RT drive would be great, I could drive to work 5 days a week, charge it up every night and never see a gas pump ever again, but what would the electricity cost? No one ever mentions that. Has anyone been shown how much more the electric bills go up if charging an EV every might that is driven 120 miles a day?
If anything I think getting a Powerboost would be more practical since those can also power a house, you just need to buy the house adapter, but I think that would be a hell of a lot less expensive than a Lightning.
Either case, I have an 8600 watt generator already hooked up to the house, powers it for 24 hours on 8 gallons of gas.
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