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 ...

The typical pickup truck bed is little more than a box with a tailgate, but Ford is envisioning something more elaborate. Four recent patent filings from the automaker show ways to make a pickup bed ...

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 ...

As a reminder, GM’s CornerStep bumper allows for easier access into the box of GM trucks at the rear. It features cutouts and an integrated step at the corner of the rear bumper, with textured pads ...