Ladies and Gentlemen, The Next Edsel !!!!

[birdman]

You can get the Tacoma (hilux) in Europe with a 4cyl turbo diesel...same with some of the other medium pickups.  Check out the euro engines available in turbo diesels, all we need is for them to be brought here :)

[mtnbkr]

I would by a Hilux in a heartbeat of they were offered here.  I've been driving a 3rd gen 4Runner for 9 years and love it.  Adding a diesel engine would be icing on the cake.

Chris

[Scout26]

So the Electic Car is as I always suspected doomed to failure on two fronts:

1) Battery technology, unless and until there is huge (quantum) leap in storage technology, which given that it is constrained by simple chemistry/physics it won't overcome the max 100 mile (under optimum conditions) range limitation.

2) The severe lack of the precious and rare earth (they are called that for a reason) elements needed for the vehicle/power infastructure drives the price higher and makes mass production highly unlikely.

Since the introduction of the automobile, there has been the on-going chorus of predictions that the battery powered car(that is as good as or better than the ICE car) is right round the corner.  Yet, the basic facts of nature conspire to prevent it creation. 

[Northwoods]

You can get the Tacoma (hilux) in Europe with a 4cyl turbo diesel...same with some of the other medium pickups.  Check out the euro engines available in turbo diesels, all we need is for them to be brought here :)

Been saying that for years myself.

[Regolith]

You can get the Tacoma (hilux) in Europe with a 4cyl turbo diesel...same with some of the other medium pickups.  Check out the euro engines available in turbo diesels, all we need is for them the EPA to stop being douchebags and change the particle emissions regulations to be brought here :)

FTFY