3 ms·

https://www.telotrucks.com/ https://www.telotrucks.com/ is pretty much that Cheap, fast enough, practical, goofey looking.

• tandr 6mo ago
  by the looks of it... any front collision == instant death?
  • monooso 6mo ago
    I know nothing about automobile design, but the Smart Fortwo [1] seemed to solve this problem just fine (IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Fortwo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Fortwo
    • EvanAnderson 6mo ago
      Always a good time to share this video re: crashing a Smart Fortwo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE
    • rootusrootus 6mo ago
      > IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating 3 out of 5, which I think merely qualifies it as "average"
  • OkayPhysicist 6mo ago
    It's an EV, so what little nose it has is probably all crumple zone (as opposed to having a big ol' engine in the way. Popping the hood on most EVs is pretty funny, actually, because of how little there is under there.
  • evilos 6mo ago
    They very much designed for collisions. They have an engineer discussing those aspects this video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5QwgQUMGY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5QwgQUMGY
    • tandr 6mo ago
      thank you! That was quite educational.
• etskinner 6mo ago
  $41k doesn't sound that cheap to me, for what it is