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

etskinner · 2026-04-23T18:01:34 1776967294

$41k doesn't sound that cheap to me, for what it is

tandr · 2026-04-22T19:46:22 1776887182

by the looks of it... any front collision == instant death?

monooso · 2026-04-22T20:20:31 1776889231

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

EvanAnderson · 2026-04-22T21:33:00 1776893580

Always a good time to share this video re: crashing a Smart Fortwo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE

rootusrootus · 2026-04-22T22:49:22 1776898162

> IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating

3 out of 5, which I think merely qualifies it as "average"

evilos · 2026-04-23T00:40:30 1776904830

They very much designed for collisions. They have an engineer discussing those aspects this video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5QwgQUMGY

OkayPhysicist · 2026-04-22T23:22:29 1776900149

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.