Here in Japan as well delivery companies are all moving to EVs, which is great in the neighborhoods where they idle their trucks in the summer when hopping out to make a delivery. Yamato using Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter trucks[0] and Japan Post adopting Mitsubishi Minicab EVs[1] and Honda EV bikes.

[0] https://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/news/2023/newsrelease_20230912_1...

[1] https://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/jp/newsroom/newsrelease/20...

I see the BYD utes are increasingly common in Australia now.

Electric seems like a pretty clear winner now.

Just when I was thinking about Tesla’s main failure being their pickup truck you remind me how they completely missed the obvious delivery van market for which EVs are ideal.

And the semi is such vaporware that I forgot it was even a thing.