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?
If you don’t need the bed the full time you might think about a different ev with a trailer, either way towing reduces your range a ton from what I was reading with the ford lightning, which is why they are adding a gas generator to the newer models to charge as you go. Depending how much you carry in the bed and the weight
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Towing stuff is not THAT crazy. I drive a Hyundai Ioniq 6 with ~13.5 kWh per 100 km. When I tow a trailer with 1.5 tons, it increases to 20-25 kWh per 100 km. So that’s 50-80% more, but only with a full trailer at maximum capacity. Still I can do 200+ km like that and - unlike a pickup - I can leave the trailer at home when not needed.