OT: 2026 El Camino?

[medaille]

I don’t think a Cybertruck is a horrible comparison.  It seems to me like it’s in that half-car, half-truck, mostly in the city niche that an El Camino would try to fill.  Only issue I have is that it isn’t giving me El Camino vibes.  I probably would have rebranded it as a newer S-10 Baja.  Striking this out.  I can't see some social media posts while at work, and was referring to a different rendering at the top of google that was giving much more truck vibes.

[JustInTime]

I drove an EV loaner for a week and LOVED IT! 

One of our next cars will be EV. 

Great for around town, which is the vast majority of our driving. They are fast as hell and I liked not spewing toxins into the atmosphere while driving too.

The EV segment will continue to grow, its not going to go away. Mfgrs understand that consumers want choices (ice, phev, bev) and they'll continue to have them for a long while (unless you live outside the US).

Others are looking into hydrogen, but that's a pipe dream imo.

If there’s ever a full size SUV I’d consider an EV. 

Hydrogen might be closer than you think.

[purplefaithful]

If there’s ever a full size SUV I’d consider an EV. 

Hydrogen might be closer than you think.

I just see how slow the electric rollout has been..Hydrogen intuitively will take longer imo. 

Like I posted earlier, Mfgrs have learned consumers want choices and thats a good thing. 

We're no longer car people, just SUV (or my little convertible).

[Zanary]

I think the massive legislations to shore up EVs will end up being seen as overreach, at a global level. The charging stations still have consistency issues, the vehicles are still running relatively young science (and adding more bells/whistles by the minute), and buyers traded an awful lot of EVs back in after the initial push.

There were and are many simpler ways to push electrification, and I hope that hydrogen gains traction...but, EVs with "range extending engines" are a likely focus for the near term.