Toyota Tacoma didn’t exist in 1985. The first model year was 1995. Did you mean a 1985 toyota pickup/hilux?
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
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I've heard this song before. Lordstown Motors, for example.
If they can get some trucks rolling out the door, I'll get interested real quick.
availability slated for Q4 2026
I see what you did there.
Is this a $20k kit car or a $20k truck that they build for you?
Both options available
Hmm, apparently so. I am going to assume if they build it for you it'll cost more. Also I found the configurator
This is my ideal build: https://www.slate.auto/share/5VXBMW
I could barely make it out, but the tires on this build here are 255/70R17, which are effectively 31" tires. Great size. I was just talking to my wife last night about how I'd absolutely DD an older Jeep Cherokee XJ, slightly lifted on 31s (I used to have a 1998 XJ just like that), but the fuel economy would be abysmal at best. This thing, however, optioned with the big battery, would cost me roughly $10 at most to charge from empty to full, which is really nice.
The lack of AWD is a bummer, but not entirely a deal-breaker. I'd absolutely rock this little thing on some of the local 4WD trails.
Absolute dream. Please build it!!
If pickups and other monstrosities were limited to people that can prove they need it, or even just to professionals, we wouldn't need the stupid paradoxical concept of an EV pickup. Like "oh my flame thrower that I use to light birthday candles runs on biofuel, so we're good"
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It’s not a truck to me if the bed can’t fit a sheet of plywood.
EDIT: which you will see it cannot if you look at the dimensions listed. Plywood is 48”x96”
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