Not the partnership we asked for but the one that we need!!! All the comments saying one Telo and one Aptera and now we're getting their panels on Telo
As an Aptera fan, I'm really excited to see this collaboration! I really like what Telo is doing with their pick-up truck, and with Canoo imploding, I hope they can make it to market to get a cab forward EV on the road.
telo also fills the empty space Canoo left behind. I wanted an eco-friendly “small” work truck and this is starting to fit nicely with my fascination with Aptera as well. Both fill my req’s I want for personal & commercial use. Best news along side Aptera’s CES showing. Can’t wait.
I'm considering the Telo truck but after the cybertruck fiasco of increasing the cost by 50% (I reserved during the initial presentation). Adding the solar option would be nice but I'm not so sure it would help my charging unless I park outside. Living in MN means parking the truck inside a garage, which will fit better than my Tacoma.
@ That's a Ford and I'm not sure Ford will still be around in a couple years unless we can somehow vote the newest president out of office. I remember seeing comments about Ford not being made in the USA within the next year. If tariffs are levied against Canada and Mexico, there won't be enough manufacturing facilities in the USA to even build a Ford of any kind.
So your two favourites are scammers taking money for something they will never deliver? Well, someone did once say something about one being born every minute.
@@reduxith Since they have yet to actually build one, what proof do you have about it having an adequate crumple zone? A render that they conveniently resale depending what the are comparing it to does not count.
I was initially on the fence about the practicality of solar on the TELO, but your comment about fleet vehicles make a ton of sense. I also think solar-powered-pickup is a great marketing angle for TELO, a lot of people might be interested on that notion alone. Great work Drew! I’m so thankful you’re involved with helping bring TELO to life! 🙌🏻
@frostcb2 the crumple zone is about the same. The engine block on trucks are not a part of the crumple zone. In fact, it actually represents a risk which is why they have an additional part called a firewall. The Telo does not have a death block sitting in front of the passenger and thus has no need for that and only needs to reduce and divert impact which it will actually have the advantage in doing. Your argument would be valid if dangerous ICE trucks didn’t exist and you were only comparing it to other electric trucks. But the existence of non-electric trucks with a death block in front of the passenger, again, makes that point invalid.
Thanks Drew for this information!!! Our son and I were playing a game trying to predict who are these two auto manufacturers that will use Aptera solar tech! The only 'pick up truck' I like and can imagine owning is Telo. Much appreciated.
Ok now this is quite the development.. I hope all new cars and any company that doesn't make solar (everyone lol) now uses this!! Hope everybody makes it to production 😎
Great collab. Likely ~5-7 miles per day for Telo is still moving the needle and greatly reducing need to charge. Telo is soo positive and I really hope to see both vehicles in my driveways. The solar roof all the way back and easily removed rear seat would make great functional covered storage for all kinds of contractors (it's a "mini" van with a different niche).
As a mountain biker, I love it. This means you can be out in the bush or desert with an e-mountainbike and be able to recharge infinitely. No need to be near the electric grid. Wohoo!!
@@jasoncrandall He's talking about riding an electric bike indefinitely using solar, that's definitely possible, especially with a panel the size of a car roof.
Damn my two favorite cars working together? So cool. I can’t imagine it being super practical on the Telo but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to have two solar cars, that’s for sure. Haha
I’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching Telo, waiting, hoping for something like this. I made a commitment to myself years ago to never buy a new vehicle if it doesn’t have at least these three components. 1. Electric drivetrain 2. Solar charging onboard 3. A way to sleep in it during long trips As soon as I heard Telo is partnering with Aptera, I put in a preorder deposit. Looking forward to having an Aptera and a Telo in the driveway! Goodbye Honda Element and Toyota Prius!
Fantastic! High efficiency design coupled with solar assist is the future of EV design. It's just common sense and now possible with the new EV tech available today pioneered by Aptera. I have pre-ordered both, an Aptera and Telo. A great combo for me here on my homestead in rural New Mexico.
This is a win/win/win Drew; a win for #Telo that they’ve set themselves apart even more with the solar ☀️ add-on. Win for #Aptera that they’re solar-tech is being used by others beyond the a 3-wheel auto-cycle. And a win for you Drew, for coming up with another home run ⚾️ idea. Keep swing for the fences Drew!
@ “400W+” is the quote from this video. If you multiple 400W times eight hours of usable sunlight per day, multiply that by the 3.3 mi/kWh efficiency (from the website) (400W•8h•(350mi/106kWh)…then you get 10.6 miles per day. It’s not enough for everyone, but a helpful subsidy nonetheless! Also, that’s the low end estimate.
Also, there's a good chance a person might drive this to a jobs site -- and then use power tools, right there, or at least charge their power tool batteries. They can do so now without worrying about depleting their range.
That's news for sure. Wonder if they could have released this information at CES... I still haven't made a reservation for a Telo yet but it would be a great support vehicle for me.
I have reservations for both Aptera and Telo vehicles. This is cool, but as someone who has worked at a tech startup I think they should probably focus on a smaller feature set to get their first product out the door. Adding solar stuff like this seems like it will require additional engineering time and delay the launch of their product. Launching quickly is usually critical to the success of a startup. Another odd thing about this is that one of the benefits of a Telo truck is that, because it is so small it is easy to fit in a garage. If you are parking in a garage then you get a lot less out of the solar panels. For a big truck that will be parked outside (like my brother's F150 Lightning), solar panels make more sense. Especially on a camper shell. I think this is a good idea for a Telo V2 though.
Yes!! What a great collaboration! Now, I have two solar vehicles I will, eventually, purchase. 🤩🎉💥✨ Now, there needs to be a multi collaboration between GeoShip, Aptera, Telo, and either, Lightship or Pebble.
You buried the lead, Drew! A topper option for the Telo is huge news. And quite likely will gain you more mileage than the solar option, but I like that too! Both combined would be phenomenal!!
The Telo flat top would make a great foundation for flipping open a full-length roof panel on each side, which would triple the active area, not to mention an overhang you could use for camping, lunch, whatever. Optional of course, but if you opened it on site or wherever you had room, that would be a pretty decent boost. There are some carbon-fiber backed panels that are quite light and rugged. If one of the 2 “fold-outs” was actually shaped as an aero-cover for the set, the drag penalty would seem to be reasonable. If you really got carried away, the aero-cover could be 2-sided solar, so you get basic power closed and 3X when open.
As an Aptera investor and reservation holder I really like this. It should help Aptera, now how do I afford both? I saw a van version of the Telo that would be the one I want.
This is awesome. Great news. Love the idea. I had a question about towing with the vehicle. Forgot to add this to a past question. Will the hitch support load leveling hitches with sway control. Thanks
At the time this comes out, I plan to be operating a small business in a dense city with narrow streets and very low daily miles, this would be super cool and I'm very interested, for my use case I would never need to charge.
Even just staving off the phantom drain is a huge plus for me. One of the least spoken draw backs with an ev is that it can feel like owning a car with a slow gas leak. You get in the car after not using it for the weekend and if you didn’t plug in for any reason it’ll have less range
Pretty fair. It’s excessively wide/impractical, lacks widespread appeal, lacks safety vs. less expensive 4-wheeled options, and they can’t afford to build it for the price they claimed. Which continues to rise as content drops.
Aptera’s total lack of transparency with regard to how their systems test out in the real world sucks. On Telo solar, going in, if you have (400W/700W)(100?kWh/350kWh) it means you get roughly 1/6th the range benefit of whatever Aptera gets. So that's not much of who knows how much. Wonderful. If Telo is even considering this, they should get 2 panels and the interface on a demo as soon as possible and test it themselves. The Demo Tour seems like a perfect opportunity. Telo cannot kick the testing can down the road like Aptera has. That Aptera has been into their spiel for decades and, apparently, has yet to run one full charge down the road publicly is insane.
Aptera is the last place I would source anything and expect OEM-level pricing. They've been so overhyped everyone forgets they've yet to viably manufacture anything. If Telo does add solar "by popular demand" I bet they source panels elsewhere.
Color me interested. Will the TELO feature a NACS charging port? I would hope so, given that it's being adopted by pretty much all North American manufacturers, but I didn't see any reference to it on their website.
yes it won't fully charge the truck, but really, we should be putting solar panels on every flat surface that sits out in the sun and isn't doing anything else. All that energy produced reduces the amount we have to generate by less green ways. Cover all the parking lots with solar, the freeway medians, every roof. Spread it everywhere. It eventually pays for itself, it reduces the need for oil or nuke. Yes! If my car gained ten miles of travel just sitting there every day, would that not be great?
I love it! I want one! Please let there be a single cab, 2 door option. We don't all want, need or are willing to pay for expensive and heavy back doors and windows. A light weight, affordable single cab, 6' bed EV truck with independent suspension, AWD, a flat floor and a 3 seat with fold down arm rest is a truck I would be willing to sell my 2 door Silverado for. This is the truck I've been waiting for. Please build it!!!
Wow you read my comment 😂 so glad to see this. Nice work team Now, can you make the tonneau panels fit in the monster tunnel? That would be a slam dunk
Imbedding solar panels in electric vehicles is just common sense to me. Especially when you consider phantom drain while parked. I find it insane that it’s still not common practice yet. Phantom gain >phantom drain
Hope that TELO will succeed in their effort to develop this vehicle and get a market to sustain their production and profitability. I like the design and the technical specification
The further Telo stays away from Aptera the better. Telo will absolutely have their hands full setting up reliable vendors that meet schedules, quality, and value. A manufactured product, and a company, lives or dies by their ability to do this. It takes virtually nothing to kill the momentum. It’s a science and art to keep things moving efficiently. Enter Aptera, the anthesis of that. God help Telo if they’re waiting on Aptera for solar. Aptera just attended CES without finished roof and decklid solar ON THEIR OWN VEHICLE! What lightning bolt is expected to hit Carlsbad and turn that empty space into a manufacturing facility? Will they even be there a year from now?
This is so sick! I wanted a super mobile truck like telo and this is such a major win. Hopefully I'll have a Telo truck and Aptera in my driveway soon.
never even heard of telo before this move. even just in terms of pr - genius move. there's really something about solar panels on EVs that I think brings us back to how we imagined solving pollution when we were kids and dreaming big (for me at least).
I’m sold. Where do I put a deposit? This is the best of both worlds for me. I wanted the Aptera simply for the solar charging but I also want a truck. This is it. This is what I want. I only have a 2 mile drive to work everyday, I’d practically never have to charge this thing.
400W would take 2.5 hours of perfect performance to get 1 kWh of juice. Because the panels are flat, straight up, they're not at the perfect angle for performance. Knock 20% off that for poor angle. Another 10-20% to deal with cloud cover, haze, inefficiency, etc. That means about 5 hours of sunlight to get 1 kWh of juice. If the F-150 gets 3.0 miles of range per kWh, that means you'd get 3 miles of range off of sunlight -- on a good day. Average price of electricity in the US is about $0.15 per kWh, so you're making about $0.15 of power every good day of charging. How much does that 400W roof/bed cover panel cost?
Given the failure of Canoo, this becomes my go to truck. I assume it can tow the Pebble Flow and/or the Lightship of the AC Futures towable small RV transformer home.
Not the partnership we asked for but the one that we need!!!
All the comments saying one Telo and one Aptera and now we're getting their panels on Telo
Can you add a port on it where extra solar panels can be connected? That would be great for camping scenarios
@@CihanekPhotographyaptera said they will support exactly this for their own car at least
Congrats on collab with Aptera. I can't wait for these to come out in mass production form. I hope that Telo is successful.
This would score low on a crash test. 1 star frontal crash test with no crumple zone. Coffin truck
As an Aptera fan, I'm really excited to see this collaboration!
I really like what Telo is doing with their pick-up truck, and with Canoo imploding, I hope they can make it to market to get a cab forward EV on the road.
This would score low on a crash test. 1 star frontal crash test with no crumple zone. Coffin truck
@@frostcb2 Time will tell
@@frostcb2 They are aware that people will make this knee-jerk assumption, and are designing effective crumple zones into it.
This makes me actually consider pre-ordering the Telo! Great news. Thank you Drew!
It's great!
@jamesengland7461 Thank you James. I'm coming around on Telo
DO IT! I did. It doesn't cost much.
@robertkirchner7981 thank you for the encouragement Robert. 😎
telo also fills the empty space Canoo left behind. I wanted an eco-friendly “small” work truck and this is starting to fit nicely with my fascination with Aptera as well. Both fill my req’s I want for personal & commercial use. Best news along side Aptera’s CES showing. Can’t wait.
I never considered the Telo truck, but with the Aptera solar option I’m going to look into it
I'm considering the Telo truck but after the cybertruck fiasco of increasing the cost by 50% (I reserved during the initial presentation). Adding the solar option would be nice but I'm not so sure it would help my charging unless I park outside. Living in MN means parking the truck inside a garage, which will fit better than my Tacoma.
This would score low on a crash test. 1 star frontal crash test with no crumple zone. Coffin truck
@ check out the 2025 f150 coming out soon. It’s the best truck
@ Guess again. You need to watch the Telo videos to see how much crash testing (computer based) they've done.
@ That's a Ford and I'm not sure Ford will still be around in a couple years unless we can somehow vote the newest president out of office. I remember seeing comments about Ford not being made in the USA within the next year. If tariffs are levied against Canada and Mexico, there won't be enough manufacturing facilities in the USA to even build a Ford of any kind.
This could be a business for Aptera, solar bed covers.
This is great news!!! Thank you for enabling a win win for both companies!
This is such awesome news!
OMG my 2 favorite automakers collaborating!! Let's goooooooo I'm so excited to have both of these in my driveway eventually™
So your two favourites are scammers taking money for something they will never deliver? Well, someone did once say something about one being born every minute.
@@frostcb2It has the same amount of crumple zone as a lot of over vehicles, it just removes the excess space taken up by items such as an engine
@@reduxith Since they have yet to actually build one, what proof do you have about it having an adequate crumple zone? A render that they conveniently resale depending what the are comparing it to does not count.
@ Watch the videos they have on their channel they explain it all there.
This is fantastic! Telo is the perfect utility vehicle and Aptera is the perfect commuting vehicle. I can't wait to get both in my garage!
As an Aptera investor, I thank you. 🙏🏻
I was initially on the fence about the practicality of solar on the TELO, but your comment about fleet vehicles make a ton of sense. I also think solar-powered-pickup is a great marketing angle for TELO, a lot of people might be interested on that notion alone.
Great work Drew! I’m so thankful you’re involved with helping bring TELO to life! 🙌🏻
This would score low on a crash test. 1 star frontal crash test with no crumple zone. Coffin truck
@frostcb2 the crumple zone is about the same. The engine block on trucks are not a part of the crumple zone. In fact, it actually represents a risk which is why they have an additional part called a firewall. The Telo does not have a death block sitting in front of the passenger and thus has no need for that and only needs to reduce and divert impact which it will actually have the advantage in doing. Your argument would be valid if dangerous ICE trucks didn’t exist and you were only comparing it to other electric trucks. But the existence of non-electric trucks with a death block in front of the passenger, again, makes that point invalid.
Not when they see the starting MSRP of $41k....
With your connection to the Aptera community this was an obvious path and great to see!
Thanks Drew for this information!!! Our son and I were playing a game trying to predict who are these two auto manufacturers that will use Aptera solar tech! The only 'pick up truck' I like and can imagine owning is Telo. Much appreciated.
Ok now this is quite the development..
I hope all new cars and any company that doesn't make solar (everyone lol) now uses this!!
Hope everybody makes it to production 😎
This is so sick. It definitely adds a unique selling point to the Telo!
Haha my hopes is that it won't be all too unique from now on ;)
But yeah very cool 😎
Great collab. Likely ~5-7 miles per day for Telo is still moving the needle and greatly reducing need to charge. Telo is soo positive and I really hope to see both vehicles in my driveways. The solar roof all the way back and easily removed rear seat would make great functional covered storage for all kinds of contractors (it's a "mini" van with a different niche).
Huge W for both companies IMO
As a mountain biker, I love it. This means you can be out in the bush or desert with an e-mountainbike and be able to recharge infinitely. No need to be near the electric grid. Wohoo!!
It’s not gonna work that way. Solar been around since the 1970s. Guess why it’s not on cars….
@@jasoncrandall He's talking about riding an electric bike indefinitely using solar, that's definitely possible, especially with a panel the size of a car roof.
now all we need is sliding rear doors for the bed cap option to make the miniature minivan i've always wanted!
Damn my two favorite cars working together? So cool.
I can’t imagine it being super practical on the Telo but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to have two solar cars, that’s for sure. Haha
You are a great creator! Love watching your energy and enthusiasm.
TELO Trucks is interesting. Hope they make it.
This would score low on a crash test. 1 star frontal crash test with no crumple zone. Coffin truck
@frostcb2 VW Bug has and even smaller front crumple zone.
@@frostcb2 So you said. At least twice already.
I’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching Telo, waiting, hoping for something like this. I made a commitment to myself years ago to never buy a new vehicle if it doesn’t have at least these three components.
1. Electric drivetrain
2. Solar charging onboard
3. A way to sleep in it during long trips
As soon as I heard Telo is partnering with Aptera, I put in a preorder deposit. Looking forward to having an Aptera and a Telo in the driveway! Goodbye Honda Element and Toyota Prius!
Fantastic! High efficiency design coupled with solar assist is the future of EV design. It's just common sense and now possible with the new EV tech available today pioneered by Aptera. I have pre-ordered both, an Aptera and Telo. A great combo for me here on my homestead in rural New Mexico.
This is a Fantastic announcement for both companies!! Thank you for your part in making the two come together Drew!
Awesome! Thanks for the info. Hopefully both will get to production sooner than later!
I suggested this a couple of months ago, and I'm so happy to see this happening! Hell yes! 🎉
This has been so good to see. You're building something great with all the things you're doing!
This is a win/win/win Drew; a win for #Telo that they’ve set themselves apart even more with the solar ☀️ add-on. Win for #Aptera that they’re solar-tech is being used by others beyond the a 3-wheel auto-cycle. And a win for you Drew, for coming up with another home run ⚾️ idea. Keep swing for the fences Drew!
That’s the dream. Imagine getting a commute’s worth of free charging each day
If what he said is true (~1khw) were looking at like 2-5 miles a day. Nowhere near a commute for most people.
@ “400W+” is the quote from this video. If you multiple 400W times eight hours of usable sunlight per day, multiply that by the 3.3 mi/kWh efficiency (from the website) (400W•8h•(350mi/106kWh)…then you get 10.6 miles per day. It’s not enough for everyone, but a helpful subsidy nonetheless! Also, that’s the low end estimate.
TELO + Aptera = ❤
Yes, Yes, Bed Cover with solar. Just what I want. Please make it SOON!
Also, there's a good chance a person might drive this to a jobs site -- and then use power tools, right there, or at least charge their power tool batteries. They can do so now without worrying about depleting their range.
A wonderful cooperation. And good business for Aptera Motors, once either company gets their vehicles in customers hands.
That's news for sure. Wonder if they could have released this information at CES... I still haven't made a reservation for a Telo yet but it would be a great support vehicle for me.
They're a looong way to production.
I'd be impressed if it gets out in the next 3-5 years. And I'm not easily impressed.
I didn't see Telo at CES, so likely delayed announcement to not be overshadowed by other tech.
Sounds great! Thanks for the info.
I have reservations for both Aptera and Telo vehicles. This is cool, but as someone who has worked at a tech startup I think they should probably focus on a smaller feature set to get their first product out the door. Adding solar stuff like this seems like it will require additional engineering time and delay the launch of their product. Launching quickly is usually critical to the success of a startup. Another odd thing about this is that one of the benefits of a Telo truck is that, because it is so small it is easy to fit in a garage. If you are parking in a garage then you get a lot less out of the solar panels. For a big truck that will be parked outside (like my brother's F150 Lightning), solar panels make more sense. Especially on a camper shell.
I think this is a good idea for a Telo V2 though.
Most of the engineering has already been done by Aptera.
Yes!!
What a great collaboration!
Now, I have two solar vehicles I will, eventually, purchase.
🤩🎉💥✨
Now, there needs to be a multi collaboration between GeoShip, Aptera, Telo, and either, Lightship or Pebble.
Very cool, hope it works out. I'm interested to see how rugged and reliable the solar cells are over the long-term and in different environments.
You buried the lead, Drew! A topper option for the Telo is huge news. And quite likely will gain you more mileage than the solar option, but I like that too! Both combined would be phenomenal!!
The Telo flat top would make a great foundation for flipping open a full-length roof panel on each side, which would triple the active area, not to mention an overhang you could use for camping, lunch, whatever.
Optional of course, but if you opened it on site or wherever you had room, that would be a pretty decent boost.
There are some carbon-fiber backed panels that are quite light and rugged.
If one of the 2 “fold-outs” was actually shaped as an aero-cover for the set, the drag penalty would seem to be reasonable.
If you really got carried away, the aero-cover could be 2-sided solar, so you get basic power closed and 3X when open.
Cap...YES Solar cap...YES Down the line a Mini Mini van...YES vDown the line a full off road 4X4 version...Yes
Great for you! I love this concept! Keep going, keep evolving!
This is an amazing option! How much will it add to cost? How many (approx) miles will it add?
It would be cool if the truck included ports for plugging in your own solar panels
As an Aptera investor and reservation holder I really like this. It should help Aptera, now how do I afford both? I saw a van version of the Telo that would be the one I want.
Well done sir!
I would love to have one of each
This is awesome. Great news. Love the idea. I had a question about towing with the vehicle. Forgot to add this to a past question. Will the hitch support load leveling hitches with sway control. Thanks
I seen the thumbnail and was like "Get the fuck outta here!" And I immediately clicked it. This is awesome, can't wait to see more.👍
At the time this comes out, I plan to be operating a small business in a dense city with narrow streets and very low daily miles, this would be super cool and I'm very interested, for my use case I would never need to charge.
Narrow streets means building shade.
This is an exciting thing happening here.
Great work!
Even just staving off the phantom drain is a huge plus for me. One of the least spoken draw backs with an ev is that it can feel like owning a car with a slow gas leak. You get in the car after not using it for the weekend and if you didn’t plug in for any reason it’ll have less range
What are your thoughts on MKBHD putting Aptera in D tier in his CES car tier list
Pretty fair. It’s excessively wide/impractical, lacks widespread appeal, lacks safety vs. less expensive 4-wheeled options, and they can’t afford to build it for the price they claimed. Which continues to rise as content drops.
Aptera’s total lack of transparency with regard to how their systems test out in the real world sucks.
On Telo solar, going in, if you have (400W/700W)(100?kWh/350kWh) it means you get roughly 1/6th the range benefit of whatever Aptera gets.
So that's not much of who knows how much. Wonderful.
If Telo is even considering this, they should get 2 panels and the interface on a demo as soon as possible and test it themselves. The Demo Tour seems like a perfect opportunity.
Telo cannot kick the testing can down the road like Aptera has.
That Aptera has been into their spiel for decades and, apparently, has yet to run one full charge down the road publicly is insane.
Cool!
It looks like a smaller pickup so ticks the pickup market and is cheaper as well so could have a big advantage.
Aptera is the last place I would source anything and expect OEM-level pricing.
They've been so overhyped everyone forgets they've yet to viably manufacture anything.
If Telo does add solar "by popular demand" I bet they source panels elsewhere.
Exciting update!
Will Telo also be using CommaAI's OpenPilot?
Great news Drew! It truly is a win-win situation for Telo and Aptera.
Will Telo have a connection so we can plug in our own solar panels when parked?
It's good to see go getters like you on the Aptera bandwagon. Congratulations for your achievement!
This is SO dang cool! What an awesome and unexpected crossover. Way to make it happen Drew!
More great news! This looks like the vehicle I want. Solar plus the bed cap is a great combo. 😺
DREW, you Amazing Ginger bearded man! YOU DID IT! 🎉
Interesting. I was particularly intrigued by the Telo with an SUV style bed cap with solar cells.
holy shit! that's awesome!!! 400W!
This was not expected lol!!!!
THIS IS VERY NICE!
Color me interested. Will the TELO feature a NACS charging port? I would hope so, given that it's being adopted by pretty much all North American manufacturers, but I didn't see any reference to it on their website.
Yes, rear left corner for supercharger compatibility too.
@@SteevyTable Thanks!
yes it won't fully charge the truck, but really, we should be putting solar panels on every flat surface that sits out in the sun and isn't doing anything else. All that energy produced reduces the amount we have to generate by less green ways. Cover all the parking lots with solar, the freeway medians, every roof. Spread it everywhere. It eventually pays for itself, it reduces the need for oil or nuke. Yes! If my car gained ten miles of travel just sitting there every day, would that not be great?
I love it! I want one! Please let there be a single cab, 2 door option. We don't all want, need or are willing to pay for expensive and heavy back doors and windows. A light weight, affordable single cab, 6' bed EV truck with independent suspension, AWD, a flat floor and a 3 seat with fold down arm rest is a truck I would be willing to sell my 2 door Silverado for. This is the truck I've been waiting for. Please build it!!!
Take my money! 💸
Solid state?
Wow you read my comment 😂 so glad to see this. Nice work team
Now, can you make the tonneau panels fit in the monster tunnel? That would be a slam dunk
Imbedding solar panels in electric vehicles is just common sense to me. Especially when you consider phantom drain while parked. I find it insane that it’s still not common practice yet.
Phantom gain >phantom drain
Will Telo have V2x capability?
Power outlets?
Could we say, this reverse influencing?
HOLY CRABAPPLES...
I already kind of wanted one...
Now I think I'mma pre-order one.
Even if it's only enough solar to keep up with heating and cooling so it always has at least as much charge as you left it at would be amazing.
Fantastic! Credit for this is all yours!
Hope that TELO will succeed in their effort to develop this vehicle and get a market to sustain their production and profitability. I like the design and the technical specification
The further Telo stays away from Aptera the better.
Telo will absolutely have their hands full setting up reliable vendors that meet schedules, quality, and value. A manufactured product, and a company, lives or dies by their ability to do this. It takes virtually nothing to kill the momentum. It’s a science and art to keep things moving efficiently.
Enter Aptera, the anthesis of that.
God help Telo if they’re waiting on Aptera for solar.
Aptera just attended CES without finished roof and decklid solar ON THEIR OWN VEHICLE!
What lightning bolt is expected to hit Carlsbad and turn that empty space into a manufacturing facility?
Will they even be there a year from now?
This is so sick! I wanted a super mobile truck like telo and this is such a major win. Hopefully I'll have a Telo truck and Aptera in my driveway soon.
Thanks for doing this! You think you can pull off a Tesla / Aptera colab next? Would love to see Aptera solar on Teslas and Tesla FSD on Aptera.
Will be harder since I don’t work at Tesla 🤣
Resident UA-camr influences engineering choice. Nice!
never even heard of telo before this move. even just in terms of pr - genius move.
there's really something about solar panels on EVs that I think brings us back to how we imagined solving pollution when we were kids and dreaming big (for me at least).
Was already planning to get a Telo and install solar myself, this is awesome news!
The Telo is cool looking. The midgate with the solar cap will be fantasic.
Awe man. Definitely gonna have to get the bed cover!
Thank you Drew and Aptera/ Telo ! 🎼Lord, Thank you for sunshine ….
I’m sold. Where do I put a deposit? This is the best of both worlds for me. I wanted the Aptera simply for the solar charging but I also want a truck. This is it. This is what I want. I only have a 2 mile drive to work everyday, I’d practically never have to charge this thing.
Fantastic, would love to see this vehicle come to Australia
I may have to buy a Telo Truck.
Ford should have Solar charging bed covers also for EV
Not sure if that would help much without more efficiency. The drag coefficient on an Aptera is equivalent to one F150 side mirror.
400W would take 2.5 hours of perfect performance to get 1 kWh of juice. Because the panels are flat, straight up, they're not at the perfect angle for performance. Knock 20% off that for poor angle. Another 10-20% to deal with cloud cover, haze, inefficiency, etc. That means about 5 hours of sunlight to get 1 kWh of juice. If the F-150 gets 3.0 miles of range per kWh, that means you'd get 3 miles of range off of sunlight -- on a good day.
Average price of electricity in the US is about $0.15 per kWh, so you're making about $0.15 of power every good day of charging. How much does that 400W roof/bed cover panel cost?
That is great News.
Thank you Drew
I was thinking about them, glad to see they're doing it
Congratulations 👍🏻👍🏻
Given the failure of Canoo, this becomes my go to truck. I assume it can tow the Pebble Flow and/or the Lightship of the AC Futures towable small RV transformer home.