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I’ve never really had the urge to buy an American pickup truck. And I can’t remember a time when I’ve seen a small electric car and wished it would be exported from the U.S. to Europe (rather than the other way around)!

So, for me, the Telo electric truck is a first on two counts. It’s not in production yet, but they have pre-release demo models and production is expected to start before the end of the year.

It can look like this:

Or like this:

Or you can open up the back of the cab and carry this:

You can carry an 8ft x 4ft sheet of plywood in the back without having to get the hardware store to cut it up for you.

All of which is very neat, and looks like just what we want for our boating trips. But the real genius is the fact that, because EVs give you such freedom to rethink the shape and layout of your vehicles, they’re able to make it this size:

I hope they do well. And make a right-hand-drive version.