And I like my 25 year old pickup truck, the second truck I've owned, even though it's not a strict necessity and I haven't done any major construction for twenty years. I like being able to carry a sheet of plywood home from the lumber yard. I like being that friend or family member who has a truck.
At a deeper level, most of the construction work my brother does isn't a necessity. He derives most of his income servicing the vanities of very affluent people, remodeling their kitchens and bathrooms and such, which seems a shame when so many people are homeless or living in dilapidated and dangerous buildings. In a better world he'd be doing more Habitat for Humanity sorts of work.
Owning an electric truck might impress some of the affluent people who hire my brother.
The excesses of our affluent "consumer" economy have a huge environmental footprint. These electric trucks will mostly be part of those excesses, purchased by people like me who don't really need a truck for work. I just like having a truck.
I'm probably never going to buy a new vehicle again. I did that once when I was young and foolish just because I thought that's what people like me were supposed to do, monthly payments and all. When my wife started graduates school and we were no longer a two income family those monthly car payments were painful.
Since then the cars I've bought are salvage. I'm a pretty good mechanic and own most of the tools I need to keep them running. My wife has bought four cars since we've been married. She looks for vehicles with about 50,000 miles on them and she's very keen to minimize her environmental footprint. Her last two cars have been hybrids which, according to the chart in your link, have the lowest overall environmental footprint.
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