No, Ford’s Electric F-150 Can’t Tow 1 Million Pounds (Realistically)

Ford’s Electric F-150 pulled a 1 million pound train, but Ford’s stunt was way easier than it looked. This isn’t a competitive advantage, instead, it’s a very clever, very cool, marketing exercise. Towing a million pounds sounds impossible. On an open road, it pretty much is. On a railroad, however, things are different. With a steel wheel riding on a steel track, the rolling resistance of the train is extremely low. The result? A relatively tiny force is required to move the train in comparison to the we