The first consultation you make when you see the new Solo electric vehicle, now on display at Scottsdale Fashion Square, is: “Where’s the back of the car?”
The query at the moment you might think is, “Who wants it, anyway?”
Motorists are so used to having cars with more than 4 seats and a popular trunk that they can be the undeniable truth that they occasionally don’t use that entire area, or the full force of the cinematic chain.
“We go to the gym alone and have coffee alone,” said Paul Rivera, CEO of ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp., founded in Phoenix, an Italian-Canadian company that will start generating solos in China this year for Americans. Market. “Most of the things we do, we do it alone.”
The Solo hopes to get more people to think about this direction: that 3 wheels, a driver’s seat and a truncated trunk are enough.
It is unreasonable to consider the car as a solid and closed motorcycle, this is how it is registered. In fact, drivers in some states (but Arizona) will have to wear helmets and have a motorcycle license to drive one. The vehicle manufacturer, Zongshen Industrial Group, is a motorcycle manufacturer.
The Solo, powered by a lithium-ion battery system, has a diversity of up to a hundred miles, with a top speed of approximately 80 miles consistent with the hour. It can be recharged in 8 hours or less in a traditional electrical outlet, or approximately at that time with charging systems designed for electric vehicles. The Solo can go from 0 to 60 mph in about 10 seconds. Battery power is likely to gradually minimize over time.
Standard features come with electric windows and steering, air conditioning and a rearview camera. There are no airbags in existing models, Rivera claimed that passengers get coverage from the front and rear deformation zones, a defense ring and other defense features.
ElectraMeccanica, founded in 2015 and Vancouver, owns an Italian automotive design and production company, InterMeccanica International.
So far, ElectraMeccanica has generated losses with minimal revenue, but has increased the budget in the inventory market. Your inventory industry on the Nasdaq symbol ONLY.
In the documents produced for shareholders, ElectraMeccanica lists the main competition in electric cars such as the Tesla Model S, Chevrolet Bolt and Nissan Leaf. But in an interview, Rivera said the Solo can also attract other people who are lately riding motorcycles, scooters and bicycles.
“We’re in a singles category: driving alone,” he said.
The company does not have a store or stand in Scottsdale Fashion Square. This looks more like an exposed vehicle with a representative to answer questions.
Scottsdale is Solo’s third marketing presence, after the small kiosks or display cases that recently opened in two high-end in the Los Angeles area.
Rivera said the company had known Arizona as one of the first markets to continue in components in testing and production of electric cars that recently took position here.
The Solo is quoted for $18,500 and the company accepts refundable deposits of $250 to electrameccanica.com.
“We deserve to put the keys back in the hands of the first consumers until the end of the third quarter or the beginning of the fourth quarter,” said Rivera, who added that there was already a long waiting list. “If you place an order now, you’ll probably consider getting one until the middle of next year,” he said.
A potential challenge is the value list option of approximately 27.5% on China’s vehicle imports, although Rivera stated that U.S. buyers would still get a value of about $18,500.
However, tariff risk and other possible derivations of a growing industry hole between the United States and China have convinced ElectraMeccanica’s control of the desire to start a meeting line at États-Unis.La corporate company is Arizona for that plant, as well as sites. in some other states Rivera said.
While the main market for Solos would probably be more than a hundred million Americans alone, Rivera said he might also be interested in some advertising facilities ranging from cable technicians to pizza delivery drivers and parking security guards.
And the Solo was designed long before the coronavirus outbreak, Rivera believes the vehicle could also benefit.
“When we get out of the pandemic, other people will be involved in public transportation or an Uber or Lyft,” he said. “It’s the best vehicle to solve many urban driving challenges.”
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