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So the parking brake should not be used as an emergency brake? How is the brake regen? - My current EV has excellent brake regen and I can go days without needing mechanical brakes.

Hello TELO. Do you really exist or am I seeing things?

Has Ansuini got a new job at Telo?!

When you get a chance, it would be good to do a little pie chart on the demographics of us reservation holders. My res. is in the “Commercial” class and I was surprised to see that this represents less than 5% of the intended use. Of course I could have done this myself and presented it here, but I have my own job. And Drew, anything that occupies you productively and distracts you from your ill-fated Aptera complicity is a good thing, IMO.

I love this EV truck concept, the market is crying out for compact trucks, rather than yet another Chevy Goliath. I'll ask you guys one question here: Do you have any future plans for a two-seater cab variant, with a longer pickup bed? This would be perfect for small businesses and the 'handyman' demographic. More carrying capacity in the same compact footprint - winner!

It SEEMS they are making better progress than Aptera. In this short time, they are getting a third party to make a prototype. With that method, they SHOULD be able to build a PI unit sooner, and make the consumer one sooner--as the assembly line and workers are already there and trained.

Your truck seems like a viable solution the huge truck issue. I am a rancher and I own a ford F250, huge truck! I don't own it to boost my ego. I own it to haul horses, cattle, fencing materials, irrigation materials, feed and hay. Can your truck replace my truck for at least some of these tasks? I don't expect it would be able to tow a horse trailer, but perhaps it is useful in other areas. I really appreciate the efforts you are making with this vehicle! Thank you,

Side impact dimensions are interesting to consider-clearly a wider vehicle has more opportunity in theory to have crumple zones of greater dimensions-so physics of why a smaller width vehicle isn’t unsafe necessarily compared to a hummer or tank or whatever that is in the extreme case wrapped around or whatever a telephone pole at driver’s door etc🤯

Can’t wait to see the moment a telo pulls that prototelo on that trailer!

The volume of jump cuts in this video is astounding. It’s a little off-putting because you wonder what the person actually said.

I’m amazed that they are the only company making a small electric pickup for the American market.

Amazing job on that Right To Repair announcement graphic! I’d love to see that again for future Telo announcements/media. Reminded me of MKBHD’s Auto Focus intros that include a graphic of the front face of the vehicle.

Drew I don’t think you need a dedicated camera, the iPhone looks really good. And the iPhone mic is ok if just one person is speaking but for interviews and outdoors maybe a better microphone would be a good idea. Either one to carry around or just one to attach at each person’s shirt. Would definitely improve the production quality a lot! Great video overall!!

Never stop saying: Telo there! NEVER

My favorite EV startup! I really hope these guys succeed. I am curious, though, about how the front suspension plays a part in crash safety, specifically the mention of intentional “break points”. How do you ensure that hitting a pothole at 40 mph doesn’t break it while hitting another car at 30 mph does?

As someone who was injured by getting caught in an exposed wheel well I'd like to at least see the wheel arch expand into a complete front tire cover that will keep pedestrians from getting caught and instead be diverted to the side.

Very interesting great work,good interview

Hearing your dedication to Right to Repair and safety is music to my ears; you guys have earned my reservation. Looking forward to following development and the eventual launch!

100% right to repair!!! Love it!!!

Historically, I'm not a pickup truck guy (never owned one), but the Telo is different. As a city dweller, this design is perfect. 4 doors, compact, nicely sized cargo bay when needed. I look forward to its progress. The sale price will be key...

Oh so many questions, but I appreciate the right to repair and I hope so bad to have one of these in my driveway for the next 20 years feeling like it's the best decision I made like when I bought my 97 Tacoma. Again like I said before I hope there is little software and more mechanical going on like my Sur Ron electric bike. It would be nice to see how the interface is really going to work and I hope to God that it's something simple as just get in and go like my Sur Ron. The controller I feel should be as simple as if it fries I can just put another in another one without doing a crazy bunch of sh!t like registering it what's my email where did you last live in 10 years. Again as a small truck I don't want automatic windows, automatic doors I want stuff to work mechanically. I don't want to be in the woods trying to sleep inside it to find out my door won't open or if I want to crack the window open because it's stuffy inside. I don't know if this would ever replace my 97 Tacoma, but it sure would be nice to have something very close with paying crazy gas prices and maybe charge it off solar like my Sur Ron. Again please please please make this thing as least software bit as possible you don't even need a radio for it I have a phone I can buy some good boose boombox and be fine. I don't need some stupid other "touchscreen" with its stupid unique UI to understand and will at best only understand about 15% of it that will be instantly outdated next year. Like my Sur Ron I can buy some system if I want to do some crazy mod stuff but drop and play stuff like a Nintendo cartridge would be f@#$ awesome. Did I write enough to get noticed or should I go on?

Can you dive in to the maintenance plans? What maintenance will need to be done on what milage?

First thing first why wasn’t the event promoted here?!? I’m in SF and might have gone! Drew that “telo”was what I needed after a long day at work. It’s a nice surprise. Sometimes I wish I was a billionaire investor so I could make a small but cool truck company like this and make it boutique. Tello and Telo+all the same stuff as the OG version but with some really killer after market vibes to a bespoke customer. That would satisfy the snobs and keep real folks rolling around in affordable and practical vehicles.

Drew that tell was what I needed after a long day at work. It’s a nice surprise. Sometimes I wish I was a billionaire investor so I could make a small but cool truck company like this and make it boutique. Tello and Telo+all the same stuff as the OG version but with some really killer after market vibes to a bespoke customer. That would satisfy the snobs and keep real folks rolling around in affordable and practical vehicles.

Hi Drew, you said "we" many times. Are you part of the company in an official capacity?

That all sounds great and I hope I'm actually able to apply my reservation sometime soon. I will continue to bang on about the option to sacrifice the extended cab for a full size bed. I want to be able to haul gravel and firewood... not surfboards. I think there are many others who want to use this vehicle as a real work truck and having that option would be great.

It feels the exposed front tyres would be a pedestrian safety nightmare? Sucking the pedestrian into the wheel? Compared to something like a Kia Picanto with a small overhang but the shape of the front bumper would cause a pedestrian to glide off to the side in an impact rather than be sucked in… anyway love everything about the design except the exposed front wheels

Absolutely great update and nice job Drew. I would like to see updates and details of the work with Aria. It's been 5 weeks, and seeing how everything there progresses, step by step, would be a phenomenal story. Eventually, when you have the production unit, it would be cool to see a timelapse of its assembly. Knowing how everything goes together would be great prep for the right to repair.

Graham rocks!!

Great video!

I am new to telotruck and my place in line is 2,914! I live in Florida and will be 75 soon. Is there a place on line to see other that have and order and where they live ( town,state etc.).

Buddy in the background CRUSHED that snack.

Is there a spare tire or am i missing something?

Well, "telloh" to you too.

I'm wondering about the exposed front wheels. In my state i won't pass inspection if my wheels extend beyond the fenders. This is a safety issue because if the front of my tire (moving down as the wheel spins) contacts the rear of somebody else's (moving up) that leads to an abrupt upward force on the side of my car - not good. Having my wheels tucked away under fenders and bumpers prevents this wheel-to-wheel contact. Is this a concern for Telo's design? Those downward-moving front wheel surfaces are pretty exposed

Right to repair is BASED!!!

Great video! I'd be interested to learn more about how Telos is utilizing off the shelf parts to minimize design/production risk. Has the powertrain been selected? What system is being used for UI/UX and control functions? Is HVAC off the shelf? Another big area is fit and finish. It's not too tough to design a concept car, but it's a whole different level to roll tens of thousands off the assembly line. Who are you partnering with to design in best practices for fit/finish and part quality?

how many tello's could a tello truck tow if a tello truck could tow tello's?

Are current/future TELO workers unionized? Loving the initiative of the company to be open & transparent, let's keep the ball rolling!

You mentioned head-on collisions aren't as prevalent as rear-end collisions but the car rear-ending the car in front of it is having a head-on collision of sorts. I know Telo will design the truck so all areas are as safe as possible. It will take me some time getting used to not having a large ICE engine/front compartment but will be happy when I'm not guessing where the front of my truck actually is before I run into something. As for right-to-repair, I have some issues with that because sometimes it's better to make a component that is stronger by not making it repairable than making it with fixable components that might not be as strong. Apple keeps getting hammered for not making their phones easily repairable but I feel the way they've designed and manufactured their phones allows them to not break so easily and be more compact than some phones that you can easily take apart. Water, dirt, etc., issues Apple phones generally don't have. I'm also a little worried about using generic parts in the Telo. I've had cars since 1973 or so and have been able to repair them up until the days of computers and over-built components. An EV might look simpler than the cluster-fu** of crazy ICE engines and support components but an EV still has many critical pieces of electronics and hardware that need to be made properly. There's a ton of garbage replacement parts for ICE vehicles and I'm hoping Telo will at least find component suppliers that make parts that actually last instead of parts that last only a few thousand miles (planned obsolescence).

You all are doing a great service to the American auto industry. Selling us the small and practical pickup truck that the big 3 don’t want you to buy.

Sweet, love hearing more about this company and product!

Hearing that Telo is right to repair oriented is so exciting. I love these videos and appreciate the companies openness and willingness to share updates!

Tell Graham I loved the insight on the engineering and his taste in streetwear! (Essentials long sleeve tee in dark heather oatmeal color-way) 😎.

Right to repair? Excellent.

I wish the Telo social media team would interact a bit more. I've never gotten any answers to UA-cam comments.

Have you ever thought about using Lithium Sulfur batteries? Or CATL from china?

From European perspective I would like to know more about seven seater SUV version. And pedestrian safety with those front wheels ;-).