Stellantis patented a deployable diffuser that doubles as a bed step The diffuser would aid efficiency while also enabling easier bed access Active aero and bed steps aren't new, but combining the two ...

Stellantis is developing creative aerodynamic features for electric trucks A deployable rear diffuser can also become a rear bed step This would make active aero dynamics also a functional feature ...

The latest move from Stellantis, filed under Stellantis (FCA US, LLC), centers on an angled cap that sits over the bed and ...

For some years now, truck manufacturers have been offering various types of systems make accessing the bed of a pickup easier. With trucks getting ever bigger, these systems are becoming ever more ...

Most modern pickups aren't exactly big on creativity. Looking back at trucks from the '40s and '50s shows how stepside and fleetside styles first took shape.

Power running boards and built-in bumper steps are common features on new pickup trucks, but a new Ford patent filing effectively combines them. The filing, which was published by the United States ...

Pickup truck makers are so competitive (You: How competitive are they?) that the “anything you can do, I can do better” approach to truck design is prompting rapid innovation in the pickup truck bed ...

Back in March 2022, the Kia Corporation announced that it would launch 17 electric vehicles by the year 2030. No surprises here, but what's truly surprising is that Kia further confirmed two pickup ...

From the very beginning, manufacturers have tried to make the bed box of a pickup truck more functional, better looking and somehow uniquely their own. Not surprisingly, sometimes they succeeded, and ...

I'm a pickup owner, and I love trucks, because I love vehicles with jobs. What I want in a truck is maximum utility, and that's out of step with what actually seems to sell. But now I think I have an ...

The half-ton truck industry is booming, reporting sales numbers akin to those seen before the gloom of the 2008 recession set in. That also means that many businesses and handy men who purchased a new ...