‘What the heck is this?’

A new electric truck is gearing up to take the US EV market by storm in the coming months, and a recently posted TikTok video gave potential buyers a sneak peek at the truck’s numerous intriguing features.

inside videohomeowner Forrest Jones (@forrestautoreviews) takes viewers inside the MT-1 from an American startup called Telo.

“What the hell is this?” It starts by showcasing the car’s unconventional frame.

“So it’s really small, and it even has a five-foot bed on top of something the same size as a Mini Cooper,” he continues. “Over [it]I can fold down the middle door to give me an eight-foot bed. If I press the little black button here, it gives me access to the gear tunnel… it comes standard with a Tesla plug, can tow 6,600 pounds, and yes, it makes 500 horsepower.”

It’s something easy to forget now electric vehicles It has been on the market for so long that, similar to the process of making gas-powered cars, the technology behind producing EV batteries is growing rapidly and their full capabilities remain largely unknown. The effect of this is that the gap between electric vehicles and their gas equivalents will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years, both from an environmental and consumer perspective.

While electric vehicles save customers money on everything from fuel to routine maintenance tasks like fluid and oil changes, they also have much quieter engines and don’t create huge amounts of tailpipe pollution.

Also, if you are an owner electric vehicleIt can also be a boon for your home and your energy bills because you can then install solar panels and EV chargers, potentially solving three problems at once.

Along these lines, charging an EV at home is significantly cheaper than using public chargers.

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