> Not have 4 seats AND having a lower range makes it a niche vehicle from a consumer sales perspective.

In the Bay Area alone, that's huge. A cheap electric 2-seater that can get you into the HOV lanes? Yes please! Who cares if it happens to be truck-shaped. Squint and pretend it's an Electric Camino.

> You're a software engineer in the Bay Area.

...who grew up in the Midwest, learned to drive in a 1970 Chevy Custom with 3-on-the-tree, spent many adult years on the Great Plains, and who happens to live in the Bay Area now.

I am no stranger to trucks.

There are a million things I could use a pickup for today, especially for that price.