It also occurs to me that most if not all of the smaller pickups have been discontinued by major automakers, though I read recently that Ford is thinking about re-introducing something around the size of the discontinued Ranger.
A light, 150 mile or so small EV pickup with a proportionally large bed for bulky items - on inspiriation of the highly versatile snub-nose pickups all over Asia - might not do much for the Western US wide-open-spaces crowd, but could be a successful niche vehicle for suburbanites. These are folks who shop tag and rummage sales, and bring home a load from the big box home center a couple times a year. They apparently want lots of carrying capacity "just in case I need it." However, when it comes to open bed vehicles, right now all they have to choose from in the US seem to be awkward, relatively inefficient mid-size and large pickups. 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 http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
