Telo Vans on Thursday unveiled the primary pre-production unit of its MT1 compact electrical pickup truck.
The following step towards getting the tiny truck into buyer arms, California-based Telo mentioned in a press launch, is security and sturdiness testing, adopted by regulatory homologation, which Telo hopes to complete subsequent winter.
Telo MT1 electrical truck prototype. (Mar. 2025)
Unveiled in 2023 in an early idea kind, the MT1 stands in stark distinction versus present electrical vans, with a really compact measurement and deal with effectivity. It is simply 152 inches lengthy—the identical because the outgoing-generation Mini Cooper SE two-door hatchback—but Telo claims it has room for 5 adults, with the identical legroom as full-size crew cab pickups.
The MT1’s 60-inch mattress is longer than that of a Rivian R1T. A midgate permits lengthy objects, together with a 9-foot surfboard or a 4×8 sheet of plywood, to suit behind the entrance seats, Telo claims. An underbed storage nook that Telo calls the Monster Tunnel will provide extra house.
Telo MT1 electrical truck prototype (Mar. 2025)
Telo claims to have greater than 5,000 pre-orders for the truck at $152 apiece—referencing the truck’s size. The precise base worth is $41,250 for a 300-hp single motor rear-wheel drive mannequin with an estimated 260 miles of vary. Telo plans to supply a bigger battery pack stretching vary to an estimated 350 miles for $3,980 additional, and a 500-hp dual-motor powertrain for $4,769 additional.
The corporate beforehand mentioned its bigger pack would have a 106-kwh capability, nevertheless it hasn’t quoted a capability for the smaller pack. It has claimed that the MT1 would be the world’s best electrical truck, one thing Telo hopes to realize with assist from one other EV startup—Aptera. The man California startup plans to produce photo voltaic panels to Telo, though it nonetheless hasn’t gotten its personal solar-assisted EV into manufacturing.