Gregory's Server@sohan give me tiny electric truck plz. via car share! I just want to haul some dirt or wood and not burn 50 gallons of gas and risk running over a child because I don’t see them
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  Exactly. A small E-truck is the perfect use case for an EV. It doesn't need huge range, because it doesn't need to go very far. @knowattitude @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan This one looks interesting, too. :) Provided they manage to actually bring it to market.  @knowattitude @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan I've started following this channel on YouTube that talks about these. Hopefully, they'll be on more solid ground than Kanoo. @Badger_AF @knowattitude @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan Cool vid. Interesting. I’ve been a huge fan of my 08 rav4, but it gave up the ghost last week. I was excited to get into a new rav4 hybrid. In general I’m happy enough, but it feels _massive_ in comparison to my 08. It feels like a proper truck, where my old vehicle felt more like a utility car. Just looking at the front end of it, and it’s a massive wall of metal. I could see the corners in my old car. Not this one, at all. @Badger_AF @knowattitude @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan It’s all anecdotal though. I guess it has very similar dimensions, so the content in the video doesn’t apply. But the cut and feel is just so much different. Truck truck truck! Ew. @knowattitude @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan I’d prefer they ditch the back seats and expand that truck bed as it’s too small to be useful for much. @colinaut @knowattitude @christa @sohan Agreed. And lower the price tag. Much. Say $25,000. Small cab, good sized bed. About 4x8 so you could lay plywood flat, (or 4x6, but you could put the tailgate down). Powerful enough engine to tow a trailer, but not too much. Range could be < 150 miles. Maybe extra battery modules you could put in the bed.  @colinaut @knowattitude @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan I think the point is that it's modular, it's either a van or you remove the back one or two rows, open to the air, and it's a two seater truck. I think anyway!  @knowattitude @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan love the idea but base price of $49,999...not exactly small *and* affordable that and a serious lack of front crumple zones that aren't your knees is seemingly problematic to getting road cert no? @mastodonmigration @christa @sohan also an electric motor is good for torque it it'll haul good @jimvernon @christa @sohan I'm not buying it. Our trailer is quite small and you can actually store it upright so it needs less space than a couch table. @jimvernon @Giliell @christa I don’t know your needs or where you live. Maybe you really need a truck bed regularly. But for something like 80 percent of truck owners in the US, they’d would be better off owning a car and renting a truck or trailer the handful of times they use the bed of the truck out of necessity. https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume  There's a lot of trucks in rural Canadian parking lots that have been jacked up an extra 30 cm, to make sure those kids' heads are right in the middle of the grille. Maybe a very few are needed for specific jobs, but the rest are for "fun"; destroying the countryside on off-road trails. |
@christa a cargo e-bike could fit the bill! Also, I occasionally daydream of bidding on one of these keitora and importing from japan. they're so cute! (and probably have more usable bed space than a Ford F-150 Supercrew)