Question for this community: I currently have a 1998 toyota tacoma and, frankly, love the compact pickup form factor. I’ve been wanting to move to an electric truck for years, but am not seeing many options… am I being an idiot, hoping for a unicorn?

  • Slate looks attractive, but I’m hesitant about a first gen model from a brand new company. Maybe wait a year after release?
  • Telo also looks good, but same issue.
  • Ford Lightning is bigger than I’d prefer.
  • There are some smaller builds, like the Pickman, but not being able to get on the highway
  • I’ve also thought of paying for an electric conversion of my current truck, but that’s looking like $40k just to convert an already older vehicle that’s not in great shape.

My main needs are to have a full bed, 2 seats, top speed of ~55mph, and hopefully be less than $50k. I don’t care for any other modern amenities, crank windows and dumb systems are perfect, and don’t need much range. Am I hoping for too little for too little?

      • FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world
        71·
        7 days ago

        It’s practically implied

        In any case, BYD will be coming to 'Murica eventually

        I own a Dolphin essential, and I fucking love it

        I appreciate that the Shark is hybrid, but they’re proving very popular and I haven’t heard complaints about them

        • CameronDev@programming.dev
          6·
          7 days ago

          Hybrid with a big battery, so if the daily usage is low, it could be functionally a full EV most of the time. I have heard second hand from a tradie that they haven’t bought fuel in 6 months since owning one.

          • DarkSirrush@piefed.caEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            I can’t wait for BYD to start selling in Canada, I am tired of my escape’s insistence on burning fuel for the hell of it, and all affordable hybrids/EV’s in Canada having shit all for range.

            A 150km battery + generator would be amazing for my use case, basically only road trips and camping would cost me fuel money.

            • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
              2·
              6 days ago

              all affordable hybrids/EV’s in Canada having shit all for range.

              Nissan leaf range: 460km. Chevy Bolt range: 420km

              My hybrid range is 660km.

              Ford Maverick hybrid: 800km.

              BYDs will not cost less than any of these.

              • DarkSirrush@piefed.caEnglish
                2·
                6 days ago

                Using the fuel range while discussing electric vehicles is pretty dishonest and/or misses my point completely.

                The leaf and the bolt are smaller than my needs, what I am hoping for is something the size of my escape (or maybe slightly larger) thats either a phev with a generator with ~150km full electric range, or a full electric with a 500+km range.

                It also can’t be a Japanese make because i have such a long torso that my head rests against the ceiling, and I dont want another american made vehicle until they figure their shit out. This doesn’t leave me with much options for my next vehicle, so i am quite hopeful for what’s coming.

                • Cort@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  6 days ago

                  I don’t think you’re going to find a phev with 150+km range, even the shark only gets 100 with a 30kwh battery. Other than the lower 60km range why not the escape phev?

                  • DarkSirrush@piefed.caEnglish
                    1·
                    6 days ago

                    Hah, 60km in an escape is a great joke, I am lucky if i get 40km in my 2021. I know my wants/needs are probably a pipe dream, but my daily round trip is ~120km, and being able to do that without an engine would be great.

                    Being able to do that, and do a 650km round trip in a day would be amazing.

                    But as to ‘why not the escape’, I want the other type of PHEV - a vehicle designed to be full electric, but with an efficient generator to increase the range, not a vehicle designed for gas usage with batteries shoved in it - I find even on a shorter average commute (when I bought the vehicle it was ~10km a day), I was going through quite a bit more fuel than one would expect considering I at most needed 25% of my battery capacity.

                • CameronDev@programming.dev
                  1·
                  6 days ago

                  The smaller BYDs do have issues with head space. The dolphins sun roof rolls up into a lump above the rear seats, so if I sit there my head hits the lump. I’m not super tall either. Atto 3 is much better, but the open boot is still a head hazard as it doesn’t go high enough for me.

                  • DarkSirrush@piefed.caEnglish
                    2·
                    6 days ago

                    Neither of those are an issue for me - I dont open the sunroof on vehicles that have it, and my escape has nearly given me a concussion on more than one occasion, so i am used to ducking the hatch at this point.

          • Cort@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 days ago

            Even forgetting it’s coming from a country that unabashedly copies popular well known designs, when it’s combined with a 30kwh phev system I’d give it 10 easily, maybe even 20.

    • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
      3·
      6 days ago

      Saw the headline and came to say the same: BYD Shark also JAC Hunter, Kia Tasman, Ioniq T7 and T10

      https://www.4x4australia.com.au/advice/byd-shark-6-and-kia-tasman-utes-compared-are-they-bigger-than-the-ford-ranger

      https://business.carsales.com.au/news-room/news/every-new-ute-coming-to-australia/

      Edit could have sworn Tasman was available in EV, it isnt. Also T7 & T10 not due in the US until late 2026

      Edit 2 - EV Kia Tasman in 2026/27 https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/which-electric-utes-are-coming-to-australia-and-when-146969/

      https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/hyundai-electric-truck-future/