“We tried to do a weekend camping trip without stopping to charge. We almost didn’t make it.”
Scott Evans
Service Life 4 months/9,712 miles
Average Fuel Econ 65.6 mpg-e
Unresolved problems None
Maintenance cost $0
Normal wear $0
Base price $74,075
As tested $76,875
EPA City/Hwy/Comb fuel econ 74/66/70 mpg-e
People buy EVs for all sorts of reasons—fuel costs being top of mind recently—but at least a few buy them to be friendlier to the environment. Without getting into whether mining or oil drilling is more destructive, the simple fact is, electric motors operate more efficiently than internal combustion engines and don’t produce exhaust fumes everywhere you go. With that in mind, we decided to take our long-term R1T for an all-electric, fossil-fuel-free camping trip in the mountains. It didn’t quite go to plan.
My camping trip should’ve been the ideal use case for someone who’s buying a lifestyle truck more than a work truck. Our campsite near Big Bear Lake, California, is 109 miles from my house in Inglewood. With an EPA-estimated
