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electric pickups, am I chasing a unicorn? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by anticonnor@lemmy.world to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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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?

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[–] kixik@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyone aware of conversion kits for old off-roads including pickups, which would ship out of US? This not just to look for better prices, but also avoid the modern always connected vehicles and kind of saas deals. Any sturdy chassis those kits are made for? Before Tesla, and then BYD and so on, there were kits for enthusiastic people, but they were kind of expensive, and I guess now prices for such kits might have dropped considerably.

[–] BrickEater@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There's a company in Canada called Edison Electric that's making semis and conversion kits.

[–] kixik@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

Thanks a lot for the reference !