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Re:Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 ... by apardoe-MSFT on Friday July 28, 2017 @10:40AM (#14874562)
My definition of truck: if you can't dump a ton of shit in the bed with a backhoe, it's not a truck. It's a minivan.

For me, having a permanent bed cover means it's not useful as a truck.

Re:Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 ... by yellowapple on Friday July 28, 2017 @10:43AM (#14874586)
The bed cover's not permanent, though; it's removable per the pictures in http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1111790_bollinger-b1-the-...

It also has a recommended cargo weight of 6,000 pounds, so it can haul a ton (literally! and two more!) of shit.

This is really no less of a truck than a Ford Bronco or Dodge Ramcharger.

Re:Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 ... by flareback on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:00AM (#14874720)
also don't consider those trucks
Re:Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 ... by apardoe-MSFT on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:05AM (#14874764)
Thanks, I didn't look far enough to see that the bedcover is removable. Now this truck is an option for me.
Re:Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 ... by marssaxman on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:49PM (#14877470)
That hilariously restrictive definition would have classified my old beast of an ex-military cargo vehicle as a "minivan", but I doubt you'd convince any onlooker to label a vehicle like this as anything other than a "truck":

http://www.tacticaltruck.com/images_other/m109a3.jpg

Re:Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 ... by freehunter on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:37AM (#14875006)
So many people confuse "truck" with "pickup truck". A pickup is one type of truck. There are more types of trucks than just pickup trucks.
Re:Bollinger B1: An electric truck with 360HP and up to 200 ... by cr0sh on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:56PM (#14877513)
Yeah - technically. But this whole discussion is about the consumer space, not about those purchasing commercial equipment for hauling tonnage or whatnot.

Even so, though - there are plenty of consumer pickup models which are used commercially, and more than a few can handle some pretty big loads (especially towing)...