To me the telo is ugly, and I don’t see the buzz like I do with slate, I haven’t seen or heard of a plan to production, facility, seen any marketing (to be fair I haven’t looked or given much thought to them
I’m 45 and love the SLATE
my son is 24 and loves the Telo
So that might at something...
Could be that we are so far from production they decided to pump the brakes a bit
could be that the response has been so strong that they really don’t need to pump up interest at this time
could be they are focusing their limited manpower’s energy in other areas critical to getting everything...
I'm excited for it, probably the only thing I might add is the speakers, but the idea of a bluetooth speaker is ok for me also
unlike my wife I can drive without music (it drives her nuts to not have something in the background, must do something to entertain her other personalities 🤣🤣)
if it’s one color you only need to stock and store 1 color, if you had 10 colors you’d need space to warehouse 10 different variations of each part and multiples of each part
The base model was downloaded from one of the stl sights, I just added the topper and fastback
you are correct there is a gap but it’s fine for my shelf
I like in Minnesota, my wife and both kids have Subarus (pretty spoiled in the winter but safe)
Also live in the county and don’t plow until the first layers of snow are packed into the gravel and freeze so the plow doesn’t dig up the gravel
Which is why my f150 can get 22mpg at 55mph but only 17mpg at 75mpg
but a stop and start of in town driving will eat up empg similar to what it does on my f150 13mpg
the design is a BIG part of the appeal
look
Price
It’s a small pickup
Intro EV but not overwhelming
Adaptability (options)
DIY
Price (I know I said it again, but $20-30k for an EV)
I’m accelerating my payoff of my current f150 and hoping to have a big chunk to put down and make the slate as little of a loan as possible for as short as possible
There’s also talk of an interest credit on new USA made vehicles that are financed (doesn’t help if your paying in full or a big down payment)
but it is something bit I’d bet that the interest you pay would be a credit to lower your taxable income so for most you’d day about 22% of your...
I also think the unknown is the price of other vehicles, the Maverick (that I have ZERO interest in) has been climbing and climbing in price so if a base maverick climbs to $35 or $38k I think some that were out with the slate might reconsider
I’m all at this point up to a certain $$ amount...
such a huge opportunity for Warsaw and the state, tourism (if you could call it that), I’d have to fly in somewhere, get a ride to Warsaw somehow, stay in a hotel, eat, maybe shop