Living in Canada and having travelled to the US frequently (before covid), I see that 90+% of trucks on the road are unnecessary. Most jobs that people use trucks for can be accomplished using more fuel efficient vehicles. And if necessary, get a trailer.

The vast majority of trucks and SUVs are in cities, because that's where most people live. And most of those are pavement princesses.

Working at Lowe's dispelled that nonsense for me.

So one of a handful of places where people who actually use their trucks for the actual thing they are literally built for would congregate to use their trucks for truck things. And that's not a biased perspective how?

The most fuel efficient is close to an average ICE car.

The most sold F150 engine is the 3.5L EcoBoost v6. It gets a rated 12.4 L/100 km, which means in reality it gets closer to 14 or 15.

Your average car is going to be under 10 L/100 km, with many cars getting under 8. That's a very big difference and not at all "close".

Hybrid cars do even better with many getting well under 5 L/100 km.

Edit: and for those people who "need" a truck that one or two times a year can rent a truck. Plenty of people do. I do it and I save a ton on the insurance and gas. The rental cost is the same as maybe one or two fill-ups with a truck.