Kia Electric Tasman Pickup

[SpaceEVDriver]

It’s certainly different. I think the article said it’s about the size of Ford Lighting. I hope it is smaller. The market could use some smaller vehicles.

It's smaller. The existing Tasman has an overall length of 213 inches compared with the Lightning's 233 inches. The wheelbase is 129 inches compared with the Lightning's 146. Width is 75 inches compared vs 80 for the Lightning. The Tacoma is 213-226" long, 76" wide, with a wheelbase of 132".

 

[Scoutsie]

Wow! I’m guessing it’s the safety seal when you open it the first time. Like opening the beverage I just tackled. What’s your come back on that one

Is this how you confess to being the guy who messed with the Tylenol back in the 1980s?

 

[nolen]

But not too small

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I'll be honest - I kinda love it. It looks like it should be in one of the Kirby video games or something to me. So adorable. But not for everyday I don't think. It would make a great vehicle to replace all the darn golf carts at the beach.

 

[J Alynn]

I'll be honest - I kinda love it. It looks like it should be in one of the Kirby video games or something to me. So adorable. But not for everyday I don't think. It would make a great vehicle to replace all the darn golf carts at the beach.

Yeah-I kinda like the TELO-but not the other pick-up

 

[Scoutsie]

I'll be honest - I kinda love it. It looks like it should be in one of the Kirby video games or something to me. So adorable. But not for everyday I don't think. It would make a great vehicle to replace all the darn golf carts at the beach.

As a fan of kei cars, I am definitely into it. I love a tiny truck and/or a tiny car, being a person who lives in the city and such. I’m surprised that golf carts can get around the beach? Huh. I’d figure they’d get stuck, but I don’t usually spend a lot of time with golf carts. They’re fun to drive recklessly on paved-ish roads, but I’ve never seen them driven on sand.

 

[nolen]

As a fan of kei cars, I am definitely into it. I love a tiny truck and/or a tiny car, being a person who lives in the city and such. I’m surprised that golf carts can get around the beach? Huh. I’d figure they’d get stuck, but I don’t usually spend a lot of time with golf carts. They’re fun to drive recklessly on paved-ish roads, but I’ve never seen them driven on sand.

Fortunately this isn’t people driving them on the sand - it’s either absolutely ancient people or underage kids driving them around the smaller side roads. The old people can’t see you and the kids can’t steer and forget about stop signs. Oh and there are also the teen boys who are trying to put them up on two wheels. My husband’s family has a tiny old house at Topsail Island and some company on the island has started renting them out so they are everywhere. If I didn’t almost get run over 3-4 times every time I walk the dog, I wouldn’t be so grumpy about them

 

[chucchinchilla]

In tech in the SF Bay Area so every time I hear that truck's name I think of Cisco which is based on Tasman Drive.

 

[LastDayScout]

I’m sure that Alpha Motors will remain in the vaporware realm (I hope not). But their mockups knock it out of the park! This is the Alpha Wolf.

 

[eddiet1212]

Wow! I’m guessing it’s the safety seal when you open it the first time. Like opening the beverage I just tackled. What’s your come back on that one

I think you were right both times....

Looks like a bandaid holding the doors on. You are required to tear it off to open the doors...

 

[R1TVT]

There's a rumor that Kia pulled the designer of the 1999 Dodge Ram out of retirement specifically for the Tasman fascia.

 

[J Alynn]

I’m sure that Alpha Motors will remain in the vaporware realm (I hope not). But their mockups knock it out of the park! This is the Alpha Wolf.
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I loved what Alpha did with some of their designs. Early 80’s Nissan/BMW lines

 

[CarTechGeek]

That’s cool but what’s the bandaid graphic on the doors

I LOVE the Telo. It has incredible space efficiency. I never brought it up here because it's really in a different space, and in all likelihood, they are more a shoestring startup that will likely not make it.

It's only the length of a Mini-cooper (~152 inches long). It has a midgate, and utilizing it, they can carry 8 foot building materials with the tailgate closed.

That "bandaid" is an air outlet. Because they lack a fender covering the front of the wheels, there is a high air pressure zone behind the wheels and that is where it escapes. There is a newer design that has the vent closer to the wheels which looks a bit less weird.

Telo is just about the only pickup I would actually consider owning if it was an actual well made product. I consider the size penalty of pickups simply not worth it to me. But here on the Telo there really is no size penalty.

 

[Chuckles]

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63162673/kia-tasman-pickup-truck-not-for-america-confirmed/

We may get a Kia EV pickup, but it won't be the Tasman.