Buggy looks great. I will pick one up once they are out for a little while for sure! Love that it's engineered for electric from the get go. Not the normal nitro conversion.

Pre-orders will be set up this week or shortly after on our site. We're working with our dealers and distributors to set up pre-orders ASAP as well. We'll post info as soon as we have it.

Thank you!

What about part support? you mentioned you bent something during testing - how are the arms holding up (i'm a mugen driver - can you tell?).

Our spare parts orders are being produced at the same time so we should have spares a week or so after the initial shipment. We've tested almost a dozen composites for the arms and we're very happy with the one we settled on. We've only broken one arm of the production material and it was full speed into the wall at a very awkward angle. We were surprised that nothing else broke.

We're not going to come on here and tell you that we haven't broken anything during testing, that's ludicrous . We broke plenty of things at first, and we worked hard to correct every issue we encountered. The car is very durable, on par with anything out there. It's pretty rare that we break something at this point in testing. We made hundreds of little design changes combined with a few material changes and we feel very comfortable slinging the car around the track.

All of our test cars weren't driven and tested by only pros. We have some top level guys out there driving for sure (Austin Blair, Lucas Sanford), but I'd say most of the testing was done by intermediate and expert drivers rather than pro drivers. We've been club racing and testing pretty much every single week, multiple times a week, since September 2011. Our offices are literally 20 steps from the driver's stand at SDRC, so we can test whenever we want or need to. An office tour video will be coming after release.

Thanks - I appreciate your candidness.

I want to take a moment and talk about the new Tekno EB48 electric 1/8th scale buggy. Thanks to Tekno RC I’ve been given the chance to test a prototype buggy, which is set to be released in the next few months. Since starting 1/8th e-buggy racing several years ago, I’ve run several cars including Kyosho, Mugen and Associated. All these kits originated from a nitro platform with some type of conversion kit to switch to electric. Well I can say that Tekno RC has designed a 1/8 e-buggy from the ground up. This car is only designed for one purpose electric and it’s done right.



Everything is as close to the center of the buggy as possible with correct balance and weight distribution. Electric buggies are much heavier than nitro buggies. Tekno took this into consideration and made the buggy as light as possible without sacrificing durability. I’ve driven this buggy on bumpy tracks, smooth tracks and it reacts much faster than other buggies I’ve driven. What I really noticed was the corner speed, jumping ability and ample steering. There is little to no wear on all plastic parts and after running the buggy for several months there is virtually no slop in the suspension. There is so much thought put into this buggy and more tuning capabilities than I’ve ever seen before. I’m currently running a Losi 8IGHT-E 2.0 body and while some think that body is narrow, the Tekno kit is well over an inch narrower than the Losi body. Now that’s narrow for 1/8 scale! To date this is by far the best electric buggy I’ve ever driven.

Best durability testing I have seen, let a newbie basher have at it. Too many cars get released having pro so and so test it who never crashes and the end product then has issues with durability. Glad to see you guys getting more than just pros do beat on it.

For the turnbuckles, I am assuming they are just steel? Any benefits over your current steel ones by going with Titanium there ala lunsford?


What would you say are the maximum dimensions that you could fit an ESC in there? Looking at the speed passion Silver Arrow V2, its dimensions are listed at L 45 , W 58 , H 30 mm

What kind of price are we looking at for the vehicle?

To me it looks similar to a hyper9e.... They were a great buggy in my opinion.

This may be stupid statement but if this narrower design is so awesome, why can't this narrow chassis and configuration become the new v5 conversion?,
It's only different braces,driveshafts etc, I mean the v4/v3 replaced the chassis anyway so why not use this design(narrow chassis) for the conversions aswell, it would suit those guys that are brand loyal or sponsored?

Cheers Justin.

Titanium turnbuckles are OK. They are 50% lighter than steel, but they have a tendency to snap rather than bend. If you simply made our current design in titanium it probably wouldn't hold up. You'd have to increase the material for titanium to be effective. We really think titanium isn't really needed here since the current design (coupled with the rod ends) is so durable and already so lightweight.

We made the ESC tray to fit a Mamba Monster footprint and smaller so that ESC you listed should just fit (2mm over on one dimension).

Street price is projected around $525-$550 similar to other high end 1/8th eBuggy kits.

It's similar and we've heard that about the V4 conversions as well. The major difference with the EB48 as far as layout is the weight distribution. The motor and center diff are further forward than on the Hyper 9. The battery is lower, we don't have any issues with the center shaft, and there are mud/side guards. The suspension package is probably the biggest difference however.

The V4 conversion is one of the reasons we made this car. We can't progress the layout of other cars much further without unique plastics for each one. That gets extremely expensive and doesn't make financial sense. We tried many things over the years, made dozens of different chassis, numerous layouts and iterations. And then we started asking ourselves, "Why sell a converted buggy when we can build a better one?" The EB48 represents everything we've learned about chassis design, metal parts design, plastic parts design, etc. So we did V4 as best we could and now the focus is on the EB48. We're still going to support the V4 platform and possibly expand it and improve on it. But if you want a ground up electric 1/8th buggy, we think the EB48 has a lot more to offer at this point.

A couple more things, the major companies won't let their drivers touch our products. There have been a couple exceptions, but 99% of the time, we got the shaft even though we were trying to help those companies. And I don't blame them. We're not angry about it, what other companies do is up to them so we don't have a leg to stand on if we start to criticize them.

So how do we get our own drivers? We make our own car. We establish our own identity and win over the customers and drivers with innovation, quality, and product support. There aren't too many designers on here fielding questions at 10pm and that exemplifies who we are. We want to be the best and we'll do what it takes to get there. It's a long road and we've been at it for a while, but I think we've achieved a lot in a short time. Launching this car is only the beginning of the next phase. We're going head to head with these companies and we think we can win.

This single post makes me want to drop my V4JQ and go to the EB48. Honesty and explanations will get me to purchase products from companies more than anything else.

Tekno rc is one of the best in the bis when it comes to design innovation!

Good response and I understand your points and good luck, it looks like a great buggy, when you make the truggy I'll be interested or if you make a conversion for the upcoming dnx408t......

We establish our own identity and win over the customers and drivers with innovation, quality, and product support. There aren't too many designers on here fielding questions at 10pm and that exemplifies who we are. We want to be the best and we'll do what it takes to get there.


Stating that is what makes me want to buy nothing but your products. That shows your commitment and dedication to the sport and the product you put out. Some just put out a product and that is it. You on the other hand are putting it out there and also instead of being "off work or clocked out" your still working answering our questions like others (Randy and others from Tekin). This is what makes those companies stand out and get people to support. The friendly amazing atmosphere and I cant wait to purchase one of your buggies.

My last quick question
- Is the set screws which holds the rear center diff coupler M3 or M4 ? I had some issues with that screw on the V4 conversion and finally modified it to a M4 screw and problem solved. BTW the coupler was made of the hardest metal that I ever worked on .It was so hard (cost me to buy some tools 5 times more expensive than the coupler) to prepare the hole for m4 set screw..