https://www.fastcompany.com/91236969/this-electric-mini-truck-is-the-length-of-a-mini-cooper-but-can-carry-as-much-as-a-bigger-truck

https://www.telotrucks.com/

TELO Trucks: Compact Electric Pickup Trucks for Urban Adventures and Eco-Friendly Travel

TLDR; $41.5k

I see lots of online comments asking for a compact truck in the U.S., but they usually also say "affordable". Something more like the Toyota IMV O

https://www.roadandtrack.com/reviews/a45752401/toyotas-10000-future-pickup-truck-is-basic-transportation-perfection/

$10,000

"And no, there are no plans to sell this truck in the United States, although it will be sold in Mexico"

Let me know when you bring one across the border.  For $10k + 2.5k tariff I'd buy one tomorrow.  I have an aluminum hydraulic dump bed with headache rack that came off a Wanchese  F150 that might fit a cab & chassis model.  I sold my Sprinter and hate being truckless.

As for being bare bones and mostly devoid of electronics  ...Perfect!  I know guys chasing the older model Nissan Frontier just for that reason.

Yeah, I still see many old Ford Rangers and 90s Toyota Pickups on the road working every day.  I think the IMV 0 would be a huge hit if Toyota sold it here. 

>I'd buy one tomorrow
>being bare bones and mostly devoid of electronics

Yep. Shame that Toyota won't bring them here (yet).

Is there a reason that many electric cars/trucks all look like they were transported from the future? I could never bring myself to buy one purely down to the looks!

I'm pretty sure it's because there are only so many ways to make a car look new and exciting and big fins had already been tried.

Seriously, I think a lot of the designs are meant to highlight the lack of a grill and thus the lack of a radiator and thus the lack of explosions under the hood.

I agree, it's a combination of lack of grill and their attempts to maximize range with a slippery profile.