Surprise…The Top Electric Pickup Truck Isn’t A Tesla Or Rivian

  • Date: 03-Dec-2021
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:Gulf
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Surprise…The Top Electric Pickup Truck Isn’t A Tesla Or Rivian

In a recent survey, Ford's all-electric F-150 Lightning (far left) beat out (clockwise from top ... [+] center) GMC's Hummer EV, Rivian's R1T, Chevy's Silverado Electric, and Tesla's Cybertruck. Despite building the best-selling EV on the planet and some of the most popular vehicles of any kind, Tesla and its long-promised Cybertruck came up short in a recent consumer survey on electric pickup trucks. Ditto for Rivian's R1T. That's right, one of the oldest legacy automakers on the planet is the one with the hottest all-electric truck, according to a recent survey we did at Autolist. com. Autolist polled 1, 100 current car shoppers in late October and early November on the burgeoning all-electric pickup trucks segment. An all-electric F-150 Lightning on display at the Motor Bella event in Pontiac, Michigan on ... [+] September 21, 2021. Thirty-eight percent of respondents said the electric truck they'd be most likely to buy was Ford's F-150 Lightning. Chevy's promised Silverado Electric (set to debut on Jan. 5, 2022) came in second with 26 percent, then Tesla's Cybertruck with 20 percent, GMC's Hummer EV SUT with 11 percent, and finally Rivian's R1T, with five percent. Of all five, only Rivian's R1T has started