Telo EV Pickup Truck first look: 5 seats, 5 foot bed, 350 miles range, 0-60 in 4 seconds, size of Mini Cooper ?

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

I'd be more concerned with the Telo submarining under the opposing vehicle's rear bumper (or even front bumper) until it impacts something substantial at it's own level. In that case your face will be impacting the tailgate of the opposing vehicle point blank.

Yup. Much unknown still. Just saying it could be safer than it looks.

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[SwampNut]

until it impacts something substantial

Not that I know it would solve the problem, but it's well known that A-pillars have become far stronger in the last decade or so. With a negative consequence of becoming a much larger blind spot, and sometimes, people crash because they don't account for that.

 

[Rade]

A cute design or a death wish, you decide.

Jury is still out... Just not ready for a "launch edition" of anything. We'll see what real-world experience tells us about the Telo once they get through the first 1000 production models and we see what the IHSS crash tests reveal.

Our other EV is a Tesla Model Y (Juniper) with almost 13k miles on it. Not... one... issue. None. No "Reboot to clear", no obscure warning lights. Nothing. To quote Erik Dyson, "It. Just. Works."

In the past three weeks, I have had a few instances where the UHF would not activate on roads that it normally worked on. Dry, daylight, clean roads, R1T, other than a little dusty here and there, clean. I had to do the hard reboot to get the function to come back. Apple Music is another; now it just... stops... in mid-song, and the left thumb-wheel has no impact; I have to reach across the center console to hit the Play button again. So it's... nits. Annoying technical nits.

 

[DaveA]

800v charging so you only have to endure 25 mins of laughter from fellow citizens charging next to you instead of 45 mins.

 

[iansriv]

I was so ready to get one (j/k) until I saw one very important option left out:

Toilet option

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

I was so ready to get one (j/k) until I saw one very important option left out:

Toilet option

New meaning for “your car stinks”?

 

[CharonPDX]

800v charging so you only have to endure 25 mins of laughter from fellow citizens charging next to you instead of 45 mins.

That 400kW charging is looking mighty nice for towing. Especially if the charge curve is good, as they claim it should be. Maybe 15 minutes to do 10-80%?

 

[RivianCurious]

Have they actually submitted production models to IIHS for full crash testing validation?

Imagine a Telo hitting a R1S head on or frontal offset.. at any speed

So, should I get a bigger vehicle than the R1S? A new arms race.

 

[NY_Rob]

So, should I get a bigger vehicle than the R1S? A new arms race.

I don't think you'll have anything to worry about....

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

So, should I get a bigger vehicle than the R1S? A new arms race.

Small cars aren't automatically unsafe. It's all down to engineering and how much property damage (repairable or total loss). On engineering, it's self-evident if you visit a local salvage yard. Some brands/models fare a lot better than others of similar size. I have seen carcasses of Minis where the passenger compartment is completely unaffected. As for extent of property damage, that's very nuanced and bigger isn't always better. As we know, the R1 can be written-off by insurance for damage that is fixable.

And the R2 not having knee-level airbags, in absence of a IIHS report, some people are already jumping to conclusions that it is less safe than the R1. There's no proof of it. It may just be due to the fact that it is smaller and designed so that there isn't a cross brace that is close enough to knees to need it.

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