Survey: This is the most well-liked electrical truck—besides that it doesn’t exist

Electric truck attraction fading

Autolist surveyed 3,600 automobile consumers between August and November “to gauge their attitudes towards electric trucks and the EV market in general.” They discovered curiosity in EV vehicles fading. Just 22% of respondents stated electrical vehicles have been “more appealing than traditional trucks.” Last yr, 29% stated the identical.

Only 27% of respondents stated their subsequent truck was “very” or “somewhat” more likely to be electrical — down from 35% a yr in the past.

EV gross sales proceed to develop, however the charge of development has slowed. Autolist thinks that’s true as a result of “consumers who accept EVs’ higher prices, charging needs, and range limitations have already made the leap.”

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But a fictional truck would possibly carry a lift

But some would leap again in for a fictional truck. In a reputation contest, the researchers discovered an imaginary truck beats every part presently on the market. Twenty-four p.c of respondents stated they might probably purchase an electrical Toyota Tacoma — a truck Toyota doesn’t presently produce and has not publicly disclosed plans to construct.

Just 19% would purchase Ford’s F-150 Lightning, which does exist; 15% would select the equally-real Chevrolet Silverado EV, and 14% would purchase the Tesla
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Cybertruck, which is lastly actual after years of current largely as a meme. The Ram 1500 REV, additionally within the works, could be the selection of 9%.

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While Toyota hasn’t urged an electrical Tacoma is coming, the corporate lately confirmed off a small electrical pickup on the Japan Mobility Show. That truck was smaller than the Tacoma, and formally an idea automobile — a design sketch an automaker doesn’t essentially plan to construct. But the survey outcomes ought to give Toyota product planners one thing to carry to the subsequent assembly.

This story initially ran on KBB.com.