Plus, I don't see how we could effectively get rid of cars without making everyone move to the cities.
80% already did, and the other 20% can be ignored.
I think the most important thing to remember is that even if 100% of rural folks drive, that's still only 20% of the total population. The notion that transit doesn't work for them does not excuse failing to provide it for the other 80% that it would work for.
Saying "but whatabout my special-snowflake rural lifestyle" to attack transit in general is always dishonest concern trolling.
How do you buy kitchen knives without becoming a felon?
There's no room for a frunk; that's where your legs go. The engine in those things is under the seats and possibly behind the front axle.
[On a related note, that's why I kinda want a Toyota Previa. With a little modification (only because not all options were offered at the same time/trim level, so you have to swap), you could truthfully tell people you have a mid-engine, supercharged, AWD, manual-transmission vehicle... and then roll up in a minivan!]
I should clarify: a Maverick is roughly the same length as my regular-cab, short-bed Ranger.
Ford did do that, from 1998-2002.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger_EV
Too bad they were expensive "compliance cars" with shitty Ni-MH batteries and were mostly leased to fleets.
Meanwhile, the past:
Edit: the more I think about it, bringing back the Econoline brand specifically as an electric "cabover" pickup and/or van would be extremely cool.
(It wouldn't really be a cabover because the thing the cab is over is the engine and an EV doesn't have that, but you know what I mean.)
A Maverick is almost exactly the same size as a mid-'90s Ranger, which is a compact pickup. The only difference is that it's got more cab and less bed.
(Source: I parked my Ranger next to a Maverick once.)
You are wildly overestimating how much battery life those things have.
Doesn't matter. They're looking for a witch to distract from Trump's assorted crimes.
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It's not a failure of imagination, it's deliberate sabotage. They don't want transit to work because they're classist and transit is egalitarian.