[Breitbart] Ford’s CEO apparently got complaints from electric vehicle (EV) owners during his recent cross-country road trip.While on his journey, Jim Farley drove one of the company’s electric pickup trucks, Fox Business reported Friday, noting he called the act of charging the vehicle "pretty challenging."
"It was a really good reality check of the challenges of what our customers go through and the importance of fast charging and what we’re going to have to do to improve the charging experience," Farley stated in a video clip posted Sunday:
At the time, he was traveling across Route 66 in the company’s electric F-150 Lightning. The CEO also noted he stopped at a charging spot in Coalinga, California, and a low-speed charger offered him a 40 percent charge in 40 minutes.
Social media users were quick to reply to his post, one person writing, "40 min for 40% is brutal. The driver will have to call AAA to tow their vehicle when they run out of charge searching for the mythical charging station."
"Can you imagine what it would be like for a mom with 3 kids in the back? Hungry, need to go pee, bored, start to squabble. 40 minutes is an eternity," another commented.
Farley did clarify in a subsequent post there were many other faster chargers he could have waited to use but took the first one that was available to him, which was a slower one:
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