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It's a concept, but ... the question is a) whether it'll just end up being a luxury lifestyle vehicle, or something that people like myself -- who could use a l

It's a concept, but ... the question is a) whether it'll just end up being a luxury lifestyle vehicle, or something that people like myself -- who could use a little truck for my farm that I can toss plywood and manure and woodchips and dump-garbage in etc -- can actually afford and use and b) whether it would even make it to the North American market. I'm personally tired of the EV revolution being delayed by manufacturers insisting on tying it to high end or luxury-status cars. Until this trend stops, I'll stick to my beaten up Chevy Volt.

xkcd-sucks 3y ago
The huge cab and tiny bed seems to answer this question :) Maybe, the non-commercial utility truck folks will start taking interest when 5-10 year old models enter the used market if they're still functional and proven to be durable. At least I will - My use case is basically hauling loads of (sometimes literal) crap around the surrounding towns where EV range is no concern, and where cosmetic body damage is unavoidable so tons of integrated sensors are bad. It is disappointing that there are no electric trucks priced accordingly to this use case as ICE sedans are better for long highway trips and I really only want a beater truck for local trips Also would seem cool to be able to weld from the car battery but realistically would want a backup generator to avoid trouble
usrusr 3y ago
> I'm personally tired of the EV revolution being delayed by manufacturers insisting on tying it to high end or luxury-status cars. Those are the only cars that have cost sufficiently inflated by nonessential niceties that some culling can free up the money required to buy battery for non-trivial range. ICE and gearboxes are ridiculously cheap compared car-sized batteries and at the lower end of the market there simply isn't much to skip outside engine and transmission.

xkcd-sucks 3y ago

The huge cab and tiny bed seems to answer this question :) Maybe, the non-commercial utility truck folks will start taking interest when 5-10 year old models enter the used market if they're still functional and proven to be durable. At least I will - My use case is basically hauling loads of (sometimes literal) crap around the surrounding towns where EV range is no concern, and where cosmetic body damage is unavoidable so tons of integrated sensors are bad. It is disappointing that there are no electric trucks priced accordingly to this use case as ICE sedans are better for long highway trips and I really only want a beater truck for local trips Also would seem cool to be able to weld from the car battery but realistically would want a backup generator to avoid trouble

usrusr 3y ago

> I'm personally tired of the EV revolution being delayed by manufacturers insisting on tying it to high end or luxury-status cars. Those are the only cars that have cost sufficiently inflated by nonessential niceties that some culling can free up the money required to buy battery for non-trivial range. ICE and gearboxes are ridiculously cheap compared car-sized batteries and at the lower end of the market there simply isn't much to skip outside engine and transmission.