33 - The Future of Electric Trucks: TELO Trucks' Compact, Urban-Focused EV

[@AdvantestInc]

Compact trucks for cities? Finally, someone is addressing the 'trucks have gotten too big' issue! Excited to see how these innovations in battery tech and safety shape the future of urban EVs.

[@Theodore-tj4jo]

Love Telo !!! This and the Aptera can replace my Sequoia and CRZ .... ! EV's are the here. These are the best.

[@bobhellman8676]

Looking forward to getting rid of "The Burden of Bulk". Currently using an F150 STX 4wd SuperCrew 2.7L EcoBoost, among other vehicles, for our business, and it's freakin' huge for what it actually does. Yes, we can put 4 people in it and rail comfortably @ 80+ mph between job sites, but when we get to a city it's a pain in the ass. It's only 3' shorter than our Isuzu NPR HD 16' box truck and doesn't turn anywhere near as tight. This legacy packaging/thinking needs to fade off into the sunset. What I especially like about the Telo is the density. 106 kWh pack, 500 hp (because they can), and dual motor. I can't tow much with my Wrangler JLU, but this will tow something considerably heavier. As in my ATC enclosed trailer and race car. I'm sure people similarly have boats, campers, and whatnot that this will tow, where their Jeep can't. So for me, it will do what my F150 will do and what my Jeep will do, and may be be as fun to tool around in as my CRX Si was. Especially in the city. Totally agree with Telo's approach. Build from proven components and vendors taking advantage of all of the '24 digital tools. Start with a tight program and get mules/demo units out as early as possible. Test, test, test. They have provided videos of their progress over the last few months and they are absolutely heads down, focused, and productive as hell. Their shop and organization of it looks exactly like what other smaller, viable manufacturers see when they walk in the door everyday. I laughed when I saw the weld table, (we have nicer shelves), and folded parts boxes! I'm sure others are doing this, but I am asking myself daily, "If I had this now, would I be taking it instead of what I'm driving?" And coming up with a lot of Yes's. I agree on the range as well. That contractors live outside of the city, have the commute, struggle with parking, and then head home descibes hundreds of guys I've met on job sites when we're installing our products. (Boston, DC, NYC, SF, etc., etc.) They also spend a LOT of time virtually idling. We live in the woods so size isn't an issue, but 350 mile range gets us through 1/2 of the round trips we need to make to sites. 200 mile range would never cut it, for example. I'm sure the charge rate will make stops a bit different, but thoroughly reasonable once we adjust. It should be worth it. So all good on Telo from my corner of the world. I think once it's out there their world will expand tremendously. Lastly, I think the interviewers asked great questions!

[@Theodore-tj4jo]

P.S. I was a vehicle transporter and brought the first two Colorado trucks from Chevy to the Canadian Govt. for certification and delivered Rangers etc. They do have them, people don't buy them.... no lots of people don't really need it, they just have the ego and the peer pressure to go big, masculinity and bragging rights . Still the public needs to be reeducated ..... as usual it will go smaller like Aptera and Telo when the crunch comes of financial implosion as this monopoly game economy , puts the majority out of the market and these become the affordable , necessary option.

[@marksaunto2588]

So, I am not clear from what he said, are they doing the manufacturing/assembly or contracting it out. I am skeptical about the 100% virtual validation, call me old fashioned but it seems to me there are far too many use conditions to confirm reliability or performance in real world. It looks good in the renders but as far as someone like me is concerned( interested observer) its vaporware until the production intent vehicle can bu tested by independent third parties. OK I am ready for the fan boy pile on for not being convinced this is for real. Convince me!