On 24 Nov 2019 at 12:37, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > In a way, it might be a missed opportunity. The automaker pickups have > also strayed away from the traditional "work truck" pickup, in favor of > luxury 4-passenger car-like vehicles that happen to have a small bed in > back. Most of them can't carry a 4x8 sheet of plywood, either.
US pickup trucks are bloated, clumsy, crude, and not very efficient. By world standards, they're not too great as work vehicles. Cab-over pickups are all over Asia. They're not very safe, but then neither are most pickups; and as work vehicles, Asia's are a lot more useful. Just for fun, let's compare a Ford F150 with a Hyundai Porter II. Ford F150 Curb weight: 4429lb Payload: 1961lb Longest bed available: 8' x 4.2' (between wheel wells) MPG: 20 (EPA, combined) Base price US$39,830 Hyundai Porter II Curb weight: 3784lb Payload: 1980lb Longest bed available: 10.2' x 5.3' (flat, no wheel wells) MPG (mt): 27 (9.6km/l, Korean standard, combined) MPG (at): 25 (8.9km/l, Korean standard, combined) Base price KRW 15,850000 (US$13,420) I don't know of any Asian E-trucks in this class, but I haven't been paying close attention. In Europe, you almost never see tradespeople driving pickups (actually, you hardly ever see pickups at all in Europe). They use vans of various sizes. In vans, their materials and tools aren't exposed to weather. The Renault and Nissan E-vans have been moderately sucessful; Peugeot and Streetscooter (DHL), not as much. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
