• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I drive a Nissan Navara currently and it has everything I need, but it’s 17 years old and has a ton of moving parts that need replacing and fluids that must be changed. Electric pickup would require much less maintenance and just overall be mechanically more simple.

    Yeah a van would be more practical but I’m a car guy and especially a truck/SUV guy and I find vans boring so I rather drive a truck that gets the job jone as well but I can also have fun driving (and looking at) it.

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      6 months ago

      Ok gotcha. Don’t have those here, but have encountered Hiluxes on my travels and look to be similar sizes. Looks like a rather small bed, so was surprised you said 6’ bed, unless that is with the tailgate down? Regardless, small electric pickups are definitely missing from the market and everything just keeps getting bigger.

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        6 months ago

        Navara is called Frontier in the US. It’s basically the same truck except Frontier comes with a petrol engine while mine is a 2.5 litre turbo diesel. I have the King Cab model which is a 2 seater with a shorter cabin, thus the longer bed which is 180cm (5.9ft) with the tailgate up.