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If the F-150 Lightning wasn’t terrible and expensive, I might have bought one.
What I wanted was a nice little ranger style truck - 2 seater, can pick up some lumber, decent sized bed, for in my garage. What they made was a giant crew cab monstrosity that takes up 2 parking spaces and costs 2x what I would have spent.
Car companies keep trying to tell us customers what we want then are surprised when we don't buy.
Those giant crew cab monstrosities are the best-selling vehicles in America.
The problem is that F150 buyers are the very largest anti-EV meatheads. It's the wrong market for such a vehicle.
This. People either want a giant diesel-guzzling truck, or they want a small efficient truck as their second vehicle for moving things around. Nobody's looking for a giant EV truck, especially at that price.
All they had to do was make an EV Tacoma (size-wise). Instead, they made an EV F-150.
If they had made an ev Tacoma I would have bought that instantly
We had a Tacoma growing up and it was honestly a great car. Wasn't too big to park, could fit a good amount in the bed, and had enough seats for five, though the second row was for the shorter passengers. It's also still being driven today. We had a small car for commuting as well, and the Tacoma mostly functioned as a second vehicle (for when two people need one, helped when I got a license) plus for whenever we went to Costco.
The Telo truck looks like it has promise, but it's far from mass production. I hope it lives up to its promises though, I would love to see small trucks make a comeback.
I'll keep an eye out, but yeah looks like I shouldn't get in line quite yet
I learned after what I saw with elio.
Twas sad
I think that's what we all want. Id be front of line for what you described too.
I'm really paying close attention to those Telo Trucks, but they are a long way from market (if they make it, we've been here before, so many times now).
You might be interested in the slate auto truck
I've heard good things about it
Until you see them on roads, pure USA bullshit like the Aptera.