Telo’s upcoming MT1 electric truck may solely be as large as a two-door Mini Cooper, nevertheless it’s acquired greater than sufficient horses – 500, to be precise – underneath the hood to haul a full-size mattress filled with cargo.
That sort of energy will inevitably corrupt you into dreaming about drifting on this factor, and now, it seems, you’ll just do that.
Telo took its production-spec prototype out to California’s Sonoma Raceway, and confirmed off a mode for the AWD mannequin that disables the motor driving the entrance wheels. That allowed it to float on the legendary monitor, burning cheapo alternative highway tires on the asphalt like a champ.
Benefit from the motion within the clip from Telo beneath:
TELO Takes The Observe
It is good to know you will have the choice to float in your 4-wheel-drive Telo like this, even in the event you’re not going to go nuts each different day in your sub-US$50,000 kei truck. There’s additionally a less expensive 300 hp single-motor RWD variant accessible with 260 miles (418 km) of vary at a beginning worth of $41,250 – and that can in fact energy slide all you need.
Now to see if Telo can really ship the MT1: it is raised $6.8 million and racked up greater than 5,000 pre-orders to this point, and unveiled its production-spec prototype back in March.
Telo Vans
It is slated to bear homologation inspections subsequent winter within the US, and the corporate will subsequently want to determine its manufacturing state of affairs.
The MT1 will even have Jeff Bezos-backed startup Slate’s sub-$20,000 modular SUV/pick-up to deal with by then, and that one’s already landed greater than 100,000 reservations to this point. It is also nearly 22 inches longer than the MT1. The age of enjoyable, sensibly sized utility autos within the US may quickly be upon us.
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