Hmm, that's interesting. If manufacturers have been basically locked out of making small pickup trucks due to unattainable fuel efficiency requirements [1, 2],

Hmm, that's interesting. If manufacturers have been basically locked out of making small pickup trucks due to unattainable fuel efficiency requirements [1, 2], an implication of that is that as EVs become easier to make at reasonable cost, there's a potentially huge untapped market that could be filled by whoever is the first company to make a small, simple, and cheap electric pickup truck. A modern version of, say, a Datsun 620 [3] or an 80's Ford Ranger [4] could be pretty popular. One might even be able to circumvent the chicken tax by importing the body/frame of a foreign-made truck and building an electric drive train in the U.S. or NAFTA country. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy#Agreed_standards_by_model_year,_2012%E2%80%932025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy#/media/File:2012_to_2025_CAFE_targets_for_light_trucks.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun_Truck#/media/File:Datsun_620_pick_up.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun_Truck#/media/File:Datsu... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger#/media/File:1st-Ford-Ranger.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger#/media/File:1st-Fo...