- Despite its footprint, the MT1 bed is the same size as an electric hummer
- Some variants will boast up to 500 hp.
- Silicon Valley Startup says that the first units will be sent this year
The world is not kind to new EV companies, with people like Canoo and Lordstown Motors who succumb to financial pressures, while even names established as Ford and Chevrolet have struggled to find a captive audience for their trucks with batteries.
But there is a new company on the scene and Telo, a company by Silicon Valley co -founded by autonomous driving expert Jason Marks and the former Batteries engineer of Tesla Forrest North, hopes to make a name with the mantra that is not always better.
Nicknamed an “urban adventure vehicle”, the tiny MT1 presents the same footprint as a modern Mini Cooper, but has the practicality levels of Toyota Tacoma and load load capacity.
Inside, there is enough space for five adults, however, the truck bed is larger than an R1t Rivian and everything is due to intelligent packaging. Without the need for a huge combustion engine or a voluminous transmission, Telo has been able to maximize the interior and load space.
That said, there should be a warning in bed length estimates, since Telo’s load space extends to the rear seats, with an intelligent ‘average door’ that slides in its place when you want to transport passengers.
According to Telo, the small but powerful electric truck can transport 4 feet plywood sheets by 8 feet and surf boards up to 8 feet with a divided rear seat configuration. There is also a retractable tonneau roof to protect the kit and a Rivian -style closing storage tunnel under the bed.
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Despite its small size, Telo states that it will offer the truck with the option of an individual 300 HP motor configuration or a dual engine settings of 500 HP monsters that are combined with an equally gigantic battery of 106kWh.
It seems exaggerated, but the company wants the MT1 to transport 1,600 pounds (around 725 kg) of kit and be able to tow 6,600 pounds (almost 3,000 kg), while offering a range of around 350 miles, as well as the capacity to load 20-80% in 20 minutes.
The prices begin at $ 41,520 (around £ 32,000 / AU $ 66,000) for the single motor variant and increase to $ 49,019 (around £ 38,000 / AU $ 78,000) for the double engine model, all wheels. A smaller standard battery is included in that price, or customers can opt for a long -range version for additional $ 3,980.
It comes in eight different colors and can be specified with a handful of ordered optional extras, such as a solar cabin roof, a hard peel canopy for the rear bed and solar panels for the tonneau deck.
However, Telo is taking reservations of $ 152 at this time, which does not guarantee that this will not only be another start of flash electric trucks in the bread.
Showing Tesla how it is done
With the violent reaction against the founder of Tesla and CEO open in full swing, the Cybertruck seems to be taking the worst part of everyone’s frustration, with vandalism reports and even fires caused in the Tesla exhibition halls as anti-dug protests that break in the United States and Europe.
With its strange angular style, excessive footprint and blinding steel body panels, Cybertruck seems to represent everything that certain pockets of the population cannot bear on Tesla and Musk at this time.
Telo, on the other hand, has adopted a completely different approach. Instead of concentrating on making a bold and possibly selfish statement, the team has begun with practicality and its own slightly silly looks have followed naturally.
Measured a huge five feet (1,524 mm) shorter than the Toyota Tacoma, it still manages to offer a similar amount of stowage space, without the moisture footprint of the road.
Easy to park, easy to cross occupied cities and capable of shooting their sleeves and dirtying hands, it is all that the cybertruck is not.
