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The problem for all electric pickup trucks (including Tesla's amusing demo model, which has been quietly abandoned) is that they can be sold only to middle-class poseurs. As a working vehicle they are a non-starter. They lack the all-weather capability (range shrinks in the cold with the heaters & defrost and light and wipers on), they have no power take-off capability (forget about your work tools) and adding a winch would reduce battery life to a few minutes. Ford, GM, and whatever Fiat-Chrysler is calling itself this week can sell trucks to the middle-class market because they're also selling the same trucks (usually in a lower trim level) to people who really need them. The market for middle-class poseur vehicles is limited, and there will be too many competitors for a small under-funded startup to compete over the longer term.

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Allan Milne Lees
Allan Milne Lees

Written by Allan Milne Lees

Anyone who enjoys my articles here on Medium may be interested in my books Why Democracy Failed and The Praying Ape, both available from Amazon.

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