Enter the aftermarket replacement panel bolts with security heads. Now they can only mangle the panels while trying to remove them!

Seriously!

That’s fair. I much prefer a small vehicle with a short overhang for visibility and convenience.

In fact what I’d really like to see is a Telo truck with the modularity of the Slate. They’re already planning AWD, but the SUV/hatchback option isn’t as complete as Slate’s. Hopefully their second gen nails everything and gets the price down. It seems like it will be difficult for them to compete with the much more heavily capitalized options.

Slate has a size comparison widget on their website. You can show it with the silhouette of a current full size pickup and a circa 1985 small pickup. It’s almost exactly the same size as that generation.

Yeah, leaving the destination charge unknown for this announcement leaves a lot of uncertainty.

Very interesting indeed.

Nice. Did they have options to select at this point, or just the base truck?

I remember watching that Mythbusters episode and being convinced. But it still doesn’t fit neatly into my intuition of the thing.

In what way? It’s lighter than the average US vehicle. And the height of the grill/hood is much lower than a typical full size pickup truck. It’s only a couple of inches higher in front than a circa 1985 compact pickup.

I think it has a substantial look to it that can make it seem larger than it is. I walked around a prototype and it definitely felt closer to my VW Golf in size than to a big modern pickup or SUV.