• Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Kei trucks are japan origin work trucks that are basically if you shrank a semi truck cab to be a pickup truck

        You might spot a few for tasks like delivery to local grocery stores

        Imo way more respectable than pickup trucks, those went from working trucks to manoverse fake masculinity

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          Yes, nothing more manly than driving around town in a truck half the size of anything on the road with zero crumple zones. If you get into an accident you’ll certainly die like a man.

          I’ll just keep my feminized large truck with a heavy frame, crumple zones, air bags and backup sensors. I’m sure I can fit the wreckage of that Kei truck in the bed of my fem. truck and drop it off at the scrap yard if you ever get into a accident and need someone to dispose of it.

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            How many things are you planning to run into? I don’t need a tank to do my job, this truck has airbags, it passes all the crash tests, and it has sensors for tire pressure and traction. That’s good enough for me.

            Is your truck bulletproof? Are you sure you don’t need a pope mobile to get to work?

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            Sure, but Japanese drivers are far more disciplined, resulting in fewer traffic fatalities, than the dolts on the US roads who drive like they received their driver’s license out of damn cereal box. By the way, SUV’s and pick-up trucks have less stringent crash standards than passenger cars.

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              I’m fine with Mexica exporting it only to countries with disciplined drivers, it would still be leagues better than SUVs (although those countries don’t have Kei trucks banned, usually)

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              Sounds like you have decided to passive aggressively agree that Kei cars are dangerously unsafe on American roads.

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              Repeating sexist remarks… check Implying that a idea or statement isn’t manly and/or is feminine in a degrading manner… check

              What other sexist degrading statements do you have rattling around over there? I’d expect it’s all you have because you haven’t spoken any facts yet.

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            Yeah, I think kei trucks look cool as hell but. The driver is sitting right above the motor and fuel tank. They’re fundamentally not safe in crashes. That’s probably okay because they’re also very slow. No one talks about this because it’s not fun.

        • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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          There’s a guy on Youtube who’s designing an open source kei truck right now. He’s planning on selling kits once the design work is done

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      I thought the same thing but a Kei truck is probably more versatile.

      Can’t fault Mexico for trying to kick start its own EV brand though.

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        Looks pretty decent as long as the bed is deep (looks to be) and they invest also in ev infrastructure (otherwise theres no point to evs)

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          Since it is an early render, the bed may change a bit.

          The article says it features plug in charging. If I remember correctly the previously announced model features the same. This would make sense for broader appeal. While fast charging would be possible in the larger cities, it would be a bit harder out in the country.

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            IMO the fast charge at home doesn’t matter, it’s the throughout the day charging that matters the most. 120 km is not the highest range and i can see folks using more than half just throughout the day