I mean they sold the Toyota Mega Cruiser in Japan so I don’t know why everyone is up in a stir that you couldn’t sell a smaller more usable vehicle as a lifestyle truck.

I go by the Rock metric.  If you wouldn’t do it to Dwayne the Rock Johnson, you shouldn’t do it in a workplace.

I often drive my truck with work gloves or snow gloves on since it is either being used to haul stuff (brush, rocks, dirt etc.) or drive in extreme weather (lots of snow).  For this reason I disregard any truck without physical buttons for at a minimum HVAC and volume.

I just don’t see how.  Looking at the overhead shot it has a taper to it.  Also in the “extended” mode (tailgate down sides flipped up) it is not fully enclosed.  The back is wide open due to there not being a tail gate there.  Anything on top the plywood that’s not strapped down would fly right out the back.

Depends how you gear it.  From what i’ve seen most electric cars have slightly more torque than hp.  A leaf would be a pretty could comparison since it make 147hp and 236 lb-ft.  I bet you could gear that to make a shit load more torque for something meant to tow/haul.  Similar to having a granny 1st gear or a crawl…

used a conversion calculator at 111.9KW/150 hp an electric motor should make 534nm/398lb-ft torque@2000rpm very similar numbers to a diesel.

I guess you have never heard of literally any pickup from the 80's. The big dog Ford F350 was pushing 170hp/315 lb-ft of torque from a 6.9L diesel. I assure they are/were quite useful trucks. With an electric motor I assume you could be more like 150hp/400lb-ft of torque at 0 rpm. Even with 4000lbs of vehicle weight…

Do any of these fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood/drywall?  I think not.  For many other trades its a cool truck, would work well for plumbers or electricians because with the tailgate down you could fit a 10' stick of EMT or PVC but the taper of the tailgate prevents putting in a full sheet of plywood/drywall flat in the…

Jersey doesn’t even trust people with regular ol’ gas lol.

you mean the hydrogen 7!

Airplanes are also included in transportation.  They also have little to no emissions restrictions.

Had a Mazda 3 with the 2.0 and the stick. Handling and the trans were great, the engine while smooth as butter did not have any power. 155hp is 90's power numbers

Long story so hold in there:

I once owned a chicken that I could no longer keep due to moving to a new area without space or a constructed chicken coup.  So, I planned on giving this chicken to my friend who had ample space and several other chickens.  I also needed to drop some things off at the dump which was on the…

I was so sad that they never linked the wonderful 6 spd. manual to the 2.5 or the 2.5T in the CX-5.  the ol’ 2.0 was gutless.

if you’re garage doesn’t already have power then you are talking about trenching, running conduit to run a thick wire, pulling the wire, installing a sub panel, and then wiring a 220v outlet off the sub panel.

Drove an AP2 the other day these things are fun as hell. Also they are definitely getting into collectible territory.

Kind of ends up being a tax on businesses to be honest.  Any blue-collar job kind of requires a truck.

Yes like we do with houses, tools, clothes, and everything else we purchase in America right?

honestly some of the most environmental people I know own trucks. If you like to go deep into the great outdoors there are kind of limitations on what kind of vehicle to have.

I’m talking about the overall environmental cost from life to death of the vehicle. The batteries are not made from environmentally friendly materials (honda being the notable exception) by comparison to a conventional engine (aluminum or cast-iron). I’ll give you brake dust and fuel consumption, BEV’s still might get…