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For the Record, I love range extending tech for EV trucks. This video isn’t about being ‘anti-EREV’; it’s about bad timing.
As you all know, I will be building a DIY range extended system for my Lightning.
But there’s the difference: Shouldn’t the tech work with full-sized battery packs instead of reduced ones, thus giving them similar range to something like Scout Motors or the RAM REV 1500, but flipping the gas/electric math?
And it’s the math that might mean the approach Big Auto has committed to is already doomed by 2030.
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on this one. I know it’s controversial and I’m waiting for viewers to prove me wrong, but the three numbers make a pretty serious case that this ship has already sailed.
Sources I used in the making of this video:
The Atlantic’s article on EREV Pickup Trucks: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/extended-range-electric-vehicle-pickup-trucks/686811/
TopElectricSUV breakdown of the 16 EREVs coming to market:https://topelectricsuv.com/hybrid-trucks/range-extender-models-upcoming/
Cleantechnica article on solid state batteries: https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/03/solid-state-ev-batteries-will-crush-the-fossil-fuel-fantasy/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRrCe1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEey6xI9nPgF9hT66wVF7wTaRnRjMMNIpU0Aj-ulhzQcyNMFaoLOqb1Ax-HXKw_aem_KT8za-cWtvGFeMl9JTaYpA
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0:00 – 3 numbers that make EREVs Obsolete
1:27 – EREVs, and the case for them
3:06 – Number One – Solid State Batteries
6:25 – Number Two – Battery Prices
9:32 – Number Three – Manufacturing Cycle
11:28 – Are They Hedging their Bets?
12:05 – The EREVs That Will Make It
15:00 – So Who is Doomed?
15:20 – Conclusion
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