At the outset, I have to apologise for the gross sexism contained in the following quote, for which there is no excuse, but only the context that it was uttered by the great man of letters Dr Johnson in the 17th century, and they were even more different times than the 1970s: “Sir, a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It’s not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”
It’s very much how I feel about the Maxus T90, which is the first all-electric battery-powered pick-up to appear on the UK market. It’s made in China by the giant Shanghai Automotive group, and imported by Harris Motors, and it’s quite the impressive novelty. You see, because of the way battery electric vehicles (BEVs) tend to be engineered, they’re usually poorly suited to towing, something pick-ups traditionally are also supposed to do. BEVs tend to be heavier than their internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts, which means their payloads are lower, yet the way weight is distributed around the BEV could make them a bit too light at the front.
