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It may not have the modern amenities you're looking for (nor the range), but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger_EV

I wish they weren't so hard to come by.

+1 +1 +1. People look down their noses at the old Ranger, but it’s about the perfect utility truck if you don’t need to tow anything.

I am much more interested in the R1T than the F150 Lightning, as the former is smaller. It is pretty hard to use contemporary trucks as trucks, with how oversized they are. They’ve become minivans for overcompensaters.

An EV Maverick would be excellent, despite the short bed.

An EV Maverick would be excellent, because of the short bed.

There are a lot of us city-folk that love the Maverick because it is a truck for people who occasionally go to the home-goods store/dump/buy a large TV/etc, and nothing more (e.g. weak towing capacity, no room for tools AND a sheet of plywood in the bed). But price matters, the Maverick doesn't work as a $40K vehicle even as EV.