New Toyota Hilux: This Is Toyota's First Electric Pickup Truck

[Dorbiman]

Footprint is the area enclosed by the points where the four tires touch the ground. It's the wheelbase multiplied by the average track width.

Yup. My point is that increasing length + width but maintaining the same height would result in some goofy proportions. By continuing to increase track width and length, the designers almost inevitably have to increase the height to maintain the same shape. What results is a comically tall vehicle.

So to qualify for the less stringent targets, they increase the length + width. To compensate for the larger footprint, the height increases as well to maintain the profile. But this is conjecture on my part, for sure.

 

[Paul]

It irks me that the EV still has the massive American-truck style nose. If it was priced right though, I could see it being a hit. The single cab with the 6' bed looks good

Irks me that every truck has a mass of American style nose on it. The Maverick tries to but it's just small enough that it can't be massive. It's like let's see how non-aerodynamic and a death trap to pedestrians we can make this thing. Bigger the better!

 

[KevinRS]

At the point hoods have reached, pedestrians can't be a reason, they have reached a point where the driver might need a grill camera to see a pedestrian in the crosswalk the truck is stopped at.
I think I miscalculated the tailgate heights, 2 feet seems to be the low end now, some seem to be approaching 3 feet.
It's not just masculine compensation with size of vehicles though, they've also been marketed as "bigger = safer" for women.
Bigger = safer is a problem, because there is always going to be something bigger, until everyone is driving something like a semi to the grocery store.

 

[E90400K]

Irks me that every truck has a mass of American style nose on it. The Maverick tries to but it's just small enough that it can't be massive. It's like let's see how non-aerodynamic and a death trap to pedestrians we can make this thing. Bigger the better!

I figured out the solution to that problem a long time ago... I don't walk in front of moving cars. Physics.

 

[E90400K]

Irks me that every truck has a mass of American style nose on it. The Maverick tries to but it's just small enough that it can't be massive. It's like let's see how non-aerodynamic and a death trap to pedestrians we can make this thing. Bigger the better!

I figured out the solution to that problem a long time ago... I don't walk in front of moving cars. Physics.

 

[Paul]

At the point hoods have reached, pedestrians can't be a reason, they have reached a point where the driver might need a grill camera to see a pedestrian in the crosswalk the truck is stopped at.
I think I miscalculated the tailgate heights, 2 feet seems to be the low end now, some seem to be approaching 3 feet.
It's not just masculine compensation with size of vehicles though, they've also been marketed as "bigger = safer" for women.
Bigger = safer is a problem, because there is always going to be something bigger, until everyone is driving something like a semi to the grocery store.

The truly dumb moment came when they started building ladders into tailgates so that you could climb into it... Let's not even consider actually using the bed to load. What they need to do is build a ladder into the grotesque grills to check your oil.