This is the ideal pickup truck.

[unsafelyhotboots@sharkey.world]

@zwol@masto.hackers.town agreed on peak truck. Any suggestions for who to look at for new kei style trucks here in the US?

[zwol@masto.hackers.town]

@unsafelyhotboots I regret to say I know nothing about that.

[socketwench@masto.hackers.town]

@zwol I would legit drive one of those if it were electric.

(And available where I live, instead of countries which either already want me dead or have already denied me immigration.)

[megabyteghost@masto.hackers.town]

@zwol how am i supposed to live in the back of that

[jonathankoren@sfba.social]

@megabyteghost @zwol

[cmmdmx@mastodon.social]

@socketwench @zwol

Something like that starts to exist
(Currently in Europe + China afaik)

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[leroy@indiehackers.social]

@cmmdmx @socketwench @zwol There is also CanEV, but their vehicles are only sold to organisations at the moment:
https://www.canev.com/canev

[zwol@masto.hackers.town]

@megabyteghost that use case is probably better served by something along the lines of a VW microbus, yeah

[tedmielczarek@mastodon.social]

@unsafelyhotboots @zwol unfortunately I don't think anyone is making anything like this in the US. I have heard of people importing them from Japan, but the laws on that vary from state to state.

[hugo@social.treehouse.systems]

@zwol @unsafelyhotboots maybe https://minitruckdepot.com ?

Or https://minitruckcanada.com north of the border.

[megabyteghost@masto.hackers.town]

@hugo @zwol @unsafelyhotboots IT'S GODS BUSINESS

[hugo@social.treehouse.systems]

@megabyteghost @zwol @unsafelyhotboots lol, yea....

[zwol@masto.hackers.town]

@hugo @megabyteghost @unsafelyhotboots oof, didn't even notice that until you pointed it out.

(also apparently "all mini trucks advertised here are sold for off-road use only in the US and speed-limited as per federal law" which would explain why the one in my original photo is the first one I've actually seen in the wild; according to the license plate on the back (intentionally not photographed) that one is probably only road-legal under special "vintage car" rules...)

[megabyteghost@masto.hackers.town]

@zwol @hugo @unsafelyhotboots Well thank you for sharing anyway...I want this https://minitruckdepot.com/product/cargo-cvt-black/

[macdude22@oldbytes.space]

@zwol I like it, too bad only wankpanzers are legal in Murica.......

[synthgal@mastodon.art]

@megabyteghost @zwol build a box for it

[synthgal@mastodon.art]

@zwol god I wish I could get one LHD...

[megabyteghost@masto.hackers.town]

@SynthGal @zwol I most definitely would

[wheeljack@weird.autos]

@unsafelyhotboots @zwol Unfortunately no one makes anything like that for the US, at least nothing that's road legal. You can import them from Japan, I recommend talking to @tikibunnyimports if that's something you'd like more info about.

[killick@dmv.community]

@zwol

I'd love one. How is it for passenger safety? It looks like the cab is the crumple zone.