August 11, 2025
Asking ChatGPT:
Does anyone seriously believe Ford can build a pickup truck starting at $30,000 that can power a house for six days; run faster than a twin turbo Mustang, and have more room than a Toyota RAV 4?
ChatGPT:
If Ford really delivered all three of those in a $30,000 pickup, it would be like spotting a unicorn drag-racing a cheetah while towing a Winnebago.
Let’s break it down:
Price ($30,000) — Even Ford’s smallest, most basic pickups are already flirting with $35k+ in 2025 dollars. Batteries, motors, and power electronics for house-backup capability are not cheap.
Power a house for six days — That’s technically possible with something like the F-150 Lightning and its 131 kWh extended battery — but that truck starts over $70k, and that runtime assumes light household loads, not running every appliance at once.
Faster than a twin-turbo Mustang — That’s a very fast benchmark. The Mach-E GT and F-150 Lightning can embarrass some sports cars off the line, but achieving that in a budget truck means trade-offs elsewhere.
More room than a RAV4 — Physically possible if they go SUV-style crew cab with clever packaging, but the weight, aerodynamics, and cost would balloon.
So — “seriously believe”? No. “Seriously market it as if it’s coming soon”? Absolutely. Automakers have been known to tease future concepts with impossible spec sheets.
All the major links today:
$5 billion / $5,000 = one million vehicles with a profit of $5,000 per car just to break even.
Last year, Ford's Model e EV unit lost $5.1 billion, and the company expects losses to stay the same in 2025. The company sold 105,000 EVs, meaning the company lost around $48.5K per EV sold.
InsideEVs has a lot of articles on Ford's announcement. The whole thing looks more and more ridiculous.
Two of the many articles: Ford's $30,000 EV pickup will have a tiny battery. A very, very tiny battery. This is a deal breaker. Read the social comments. Link here. The battery will be half the size of the entry-level F-150 Lightning's.
Reviewers are actually comparing the "new" Ford $30,000 EV pickup with the Slate. Link here.
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