Keep this idea in the back pocket for 2026 as the Semiquincentennial / Bisesquicentennial / Sestercentennial / Quarter Millenial / Whatevertheheckyouwannacallit Edition! (maybe this is already the idea and I'm just slow on the pickup...)
I know it probably wouldn't play in today's market, but a true station wagon would be wild -- the images when you Google the old Travelall are amazing. Kinda bummed I was born too late for the Age of Wagon.
This graph is from a newsletter called CTVC (Clean Tech Venture Capital, I believe) is kind of confusingly plotted out, but the further top-LEFT an element of the 2022 IRA is, the more 'politically safe' it is considered to be:
Source: CTVC Newsletter #222, 11 Nov 2024
You can see the EV tax...
Mid-size pickup in the Ranger/Colorado/R1T class. I actually thought that was what the initial truck model was going to be and was surprised it's a light duty truck.