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Another EV truck with a bed too small to haul plywood/drywall.. wtf it might as well not have a bed at all.
You can't fit a full sheet in a dual cab Hilux, Ranger, or DMAX (etc etc) either but these utes sell in vast quantities. To get a dual cab in something not ridiculously large (and not a cab over design) the tray size will inherently be compromised, it seems however that people still go for the extra seats much more than single cabs with more useful tray sizes.
I don’t want a dual cab. I want a single cab with a 8’ truck bed. Aka a work truck
Unfortunately you're in the minority these days, at least in the eyes of manufacturers. It appears that dual cabs are what sell so they're what get made.
The lack of useful tray sizes in utes is one reason I ended up going for a van for something to put my dirt bike in - unlike most of the utes I was finding within my budget it actually has a load space long enough to fit the bike with room to spare and low enough to roll it in easily.
Knowing that work trucks were more popular when they were available a decade or so ago.
And knowing that car manufacturers make more profit per truck when they have more add ons to charge extra for.
I would say I’m not in the minority and that the reason single cab work trucks with a full size bed are not available is because of greed.