Folofly Opens Orders For FKT Electric Light Truck
The light truck segment has had few electric models to choose from, and a kei-sized EV that matches gasoline payload and bed dimensions without changing how work is done is the version of the segment that fleets and farm users can actually swap into.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Folofly began taking orders on September 7 for the FKT, a light-truck commercial EV developed with ASF. It carries a 350 kilogram payload, matching a gasoline light truck, and runs 225 kilometers on a 30 kWh battery. Normal 6 kW charging fills it in about five hours. It qualifies for a national subsidy of up to 873,000 yen, and Folofly puts running cost at about 2.7 to 3 yen per kilometer.
The bed measures 1669 by 1380 millimeters and sits 660 millimeters off the ground, the same as a gasoline light truck, so existing racks and loading habits carry over. The cabin has an AC 100 V outlet for power tools at job sites or as backup during outages. Automatic braking and lane departure warning are standard. Folofly lists running cost at about 2.7 to 3 yen per kilometer on night-rate charging, roughly one-fourth of the 10 yen it cites for a gasoline light truck.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- ASCII.jp 1回のフル充電で225km走る軽トラックの商用EV