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Toyota Reveals Sleek Electric Pickup Truck Concept

Unsatisfied with the current selection of electric pickup trucks out there? Toyota may have you covered.

The Japanese automaker just took the wraps off of a new battery-powered truck that's significantly smaller than hulking options from Ford, Rivian, and GMC. The EPU is just a concept for now, so there's no guarantee it'll go into production looking like this — if it ever gets the green light at all. Cars Used Vehicles

Toyota Reveals Sleek Electric Pickup Truck Concept

For purely selfish reasons, I hope the EPU actually goes on sale someday. The US is sorely lacking small pickups that are practical for city slickers like me. And it's especially short on small electric trucks, which would be cheaper and more efficient than expensive behemoths like the Ford F-150 Lightning and GMC Hummer EV.

Take a closer look at the EPU below:

It's closer in size to the popular Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz, the two compact pickups available in the US.

The electric truck Toyota revealed a couple years ago looked a lot like a Tacoma.

Pickup-truck makers constantly try to one-up each other with increasingly flashy tailgates. This could be the next entry.

It's a lot like the yoke offered in the Lexus RZ 450e, the brand's first electric SUV.

Toyota Reveals Sleek Electric Pickup Truck Concept

Most Reliable 4wd Suv After years of delays, the Tesla Cybertruck is set to hit the market in November.