Telo’s tiny electric truck brings 260-mile range for $41,520

• Telo’s MT1 electrical pickup truck measures simply 152 inches lengthy, or about the identical as a Mini Cooper
• The MT1 is at the moment scheduled for launch in early 2025
• The MT1 guarantees as much as 500 hp and greater than 350 miles of vary

Pickup vehicles have grown in dimension with every technology, however an electrical car startup known as Telo needs to reverse that development with the MT1.

Unveiled final yr, the 152-inch-long MT1 is a tiny electrical truck that has an identical footprint to a Mini Cooper however sufficient house for 5 adults and a 60-inch mattress, which is bigger than what you discover on the Rivian R1T.

The MT1 is at the moment scheduled for launch in early 2025, and a primary configurator has gone reside on Telo’s web site. It reveals a beginning value of $41,520, which is for a base MT1 with a Commonplace battery estimated to ship 260 miles of vary. The bottom MT1 additionally comes with a single-motor, rear-wheel-drive powertrain rated at 300 hp.

For an extra $3,980, consumers can add a Lengthy Vary battery that can ship an estimated vary of greater than 350 miles. A 500-hp dual-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain may also be added for an extra $4,769.

Telo quotes the identical vary estimates no matter whether or not the single-motor or dual-motor powertrains are chosen.

The corporate has beforehand mentioned the Lengthy Vary battery could have a 106-kWh capability and the flexibility so as to add 210 miles of vary in 20 minutes when utilizing an appropriate DC quick charger. No particulars for the Commonplace battery have been revealed.

Telo truck (rendering)

Regardless of its small dimension, the MT1 is promised to be nonetheless able to doing actual truck work. Telo claims most payload and tow ranking capacities of 1,600 kilos and 6,600 kilos, respectively. And due to a midgate, the MT1 can match 4-by-8-foot sheets of plywood, a 9-foot surfboard, and different lengthy objects behind the entrance seat.

Telo is at the moment solely accepting reservations and mentioned round 3,700 have already reserved one, which requires a $152 deposit. The corporate hasn’t mentioned when order books will open however famous that pricing and specs are topic to alter previous to the beginning of the ordering course of.