Woodie said:

buffy said:

Electric ute with 550km range and 4.5 tonne towing capacity. Price $170,000. What do equivalent diesel utes cost? And also, living in a farming community, I know farmers not infrequently need “stuff done to the ute”. In terms of local mechanics…will they be able to get the thing running again when things go wrong in the paddock?

ABC story

Is the 550km range while towing 4.5 tonnes the entire distance?

Most unlikely.
Buffy – A diesel ute that can tow 4.5 tonnes is likely going to have to be one of the larger ones so not a Hilux or the like, it’ll have to be whatever is a level larger. I don’t really follow the new car scene much so I couldn’t tell you what that type of ute would be sorry.

In similar news, Mercedes have just tested a production-level EV car with their new solid state battery, and it drove 1,200 km with another ~120 km left in it. Most impressive!