Comment by smoovb
7 years ago
Not meant to be mainstream. It's meant to be f'ing tough and show how much of a beast the electric vehicle can be. Really takes the air out of being 'Built Ford Tough' Likely just following the Roadster play book. Get the toughness doubters out of the way, then a more traditional truck to follow.
Does it not being mainstream even matter, though? Because at least here in AU, and I believe in the EU, to even register it as roadworthy it needs to not compromise its collision protection which includes pedestrian collisions.
I don’t think it’s for those markets, at least certainly not the EU.
Naturally. Even here in AU, the people that buy US-sized utes tend to be in the vast minority. I'm sure it's a negligable market that they can safely ignore, it was just an interesting thing to note as an outsider.
Can pre-order it from the UK, so there is at least intention of it ending up here. Also, I love it!
I see Belgium as an option on the region-selection page at the front of the website.
Ever seen a train pulled by a ford? I have. Built Ford Tough is TRUE
The physics of pulling something with steel wheels on a steel track make the demo a lot less impressive than it sounds.
To illustrate, consider that the world record for a single person towing a train by a strap held by their teeth is 280 tons.
How fast you can accelerate that mass it is the real question.
Humans can pull trains. There's plenty of video of that on YouTube. They're made to roll as effortlessly as possible.
Here's a bunch of HO scale (1:87) trains pulling their full sized version, too: https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1101414657418498049
You can literally push a train car on flat ground by leaning on it long enough.
Didn't Top Gear once pull a train with an MGF? I'm not sure this proves anything.