Well folks, it finally happened. The screen in your pickup truck… your last bastion of peace from the chaos of unskippable advertisements… now plays popup ads. Not even subtle ones. We’re talking full-dash, head-unit-commandeering infomercial panels in your RAM 1500, like you’re driving a Times Square billboard on wheels. It all kicked off with a […]
It’s the only electric vehicle I’ve even been excited about, not even because it’s electric (I would frankly prefer gas) but because it’s a small truck. I used to drive a '98 S10 with a manual transmission and hand-cranked windows and I want a truck like that again but no one sells them - I was so disappointed when Ford brought back the Ranger but made it big.
Another upcoming entrant in the small truck market is Telo with their MT1. While more expensive than the base Slate, Telo’s even smaller by nearly two feet, seats five, still has a 5 foot bed (that can extend to 8 feet if you fold the back seats), more range, faster charging, more power, option of AWD, more payload capacity, and significantly more towing capacity.
It’s the only electric vehicle I’ve even been excited about, not even because it’s electric (I would frankly prefer gas) but because it’s a small truck. I used to drive a '98 S10 with a manual transmission and hand-cranked windows and I want a truck like that again but no one sells them - I was so disappointed when Ford brought back the Ranger but made it big.
Another upcoming entrant in the small truck market is Telo with their MT1. While more expensive than the base Slate, Telo’s even smaller by nearly two feet, seats five, still has a 5 foot bed (that can extend to 8 feet if you fold the back seats), more range, faster charging, more power, option of AWD, more payload capacity, and significantly more towing capacity.
https://www.telotrucks.com/
$41.5k base versus Slate’s $27.5k
That 4-second 0 to 60 time looks so tempting.
“subcompact” truck