So who will be first with an electric pickup. And when.

ShinerBock wrote:

John & Angela wrote:


So they are probably talking hybrid platforms as well. I can see that although I think the hybrid platform has more of a gap filler role to play in the next decade. A hrbrid pickup could be interesting, especially for those who use them as grocery getters during the week. A lot of folks like to drive pickups as daily drivers besides the weekend trailer hauler role. We did.

The next a decade is a bit of an overly optimistic timeline, but I understand given your liking for electric vehicles. Thinking logically and without bias, I would put that out for another few decades. Heck, even the Departments of Energy's 2050 projections still see combustion engines still being used in two thirds of the vehicles by then. If we make pulling fuel from air more attainable, then that might stretch that out even longer depending on the costs. It basically boils down to overall cost and time for refueling/recharging for the consumer unless the government forces it on its people.

Yah the internal combustion engine will not disappear overnight. The more I think about it a plug in hybrid pickup might hit a sweet spot in the market. Day to day advantages of an electric with say 50 miles on electric and then gas when required to haul the trailer to the lake. Kind of a volt platform. Great for a one vehicle household that needs a truck.