My wifes uncle has one. It is in the shop all of the time. Mist of the issues that he has is computer/electronic issues. He states that he loves the truck but you can hear it in his voice that he is second guessing his purchase. I visit a few times a year, I have yet to see it.
By long distance, do you mean over 100 miles?
With my 4,700 lb. enclosed trailer behind me in perfect weather conditions I see 0.7 mi/kWh which equates to around 80 miles of range. In terms of cost, that's the equivalent of a gas truck getting about 4 MPG. It's horrendous....and that's only 50% trailer capacity for the truck.
Yeah. I knew it was horrible. Even worse with colder weather. I was curious how bad your personal experience was. Sorry you had such a bad experience. I canāt imagine how bad the resale value is plummeting. All the full electric trucks and SUVs are plummeting. Especially, luxury. My neighbor got a new BMW iX two summers ago. I told him to return it under the 7 day return period that dealership offered because the expected resale on those is so bad. He was pissed then but he told me a few months ago that he wished he did because itās worth less than half of what he paid for it now.
Yeah to be fair, that's the ONLY drawback to the truck. Everything else has been amazing with it. Tons of power. Totally linear throttle due to having no transmission to shift through. Quiet. Rides like a Cadillac, yet has 2,030 lbs. of payload capacity. Costs me about $14 to fully charge it at home in 8 hours. Tons of storage because of the "frunk", huge second row, and cargo bed. Pulls like a freight train with a trailer behind it. Has 9,600 watt generator built in that'll power anything. AWD system works great in the snow. Tons of safety features and creature comforts. It's a sweet, sweet truck. Best overall vehicle I've ever had.
Iām not trying to be a jerk, but you know how funny that sounds? The only thing it has trouble with is being a truck? It makes a nice big comfortable AWD vehicle is what youāre saying.
You know how funny it is hearing a Gladiator owner say that?
So, it's great till you need it to be a truck?
I use mine as a truck and tow heavy loads with it. I have towed several thousand lbs all over the SE. If I canāt tow a car on my car hauler or a 6x12 full of heavy antique furniture across several states then itās useless as a truck to me. Thatās my point.You know how funny it is hearing a Gladiator owner say that?
The only truck thing the Gladiator does better is towing range.
