Arcimoto, the real thing? ($12k tandem EV trike, 70/130 mi. range)

[slowmover]

The Arcimoto attraction is utility. Go get groceries. A moderate climate is favored.

[Hersbird]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

I'd like Arcimoto to succeed. But I wonder if it has a right of existence.
I fear it may just combine the disadvantages of motorcycles with the disadvantages of cars, like a sidecar motorcycle - except nobody waves at you...

One of my uncles had a Messerschmitt when he was young. It was a giggle, but also a real PITA, and he was only too happy to dump it for something vaguely carlike (a MG convertible IIRC, lots of problems with that too, but no regrets) when he got the chance.

I've been a biker for 18 years. And being a biker means you're a car driver when you drive a car, obviously, but you're a biker when you read the newspaper or lie in your bed or whatever.
I sold my bikes because I'm still alive and want to stay alive for a while. I've seen enough attempts to change that. No more - for now.
The Acrimoto doesn't yield bike creds. So it has to be better than a car in some way. I can't see that.

I'd say it's quite a bit more visible than a bike, it also is more protective although I doubt anyone ever wears a helmet in one. Still no laying it down or going over the bars. It's going to kill some people in any kind of even city speed head-on with a pickup or SUV but I bet it's statistics end up better than motorcycles, and even pedal bikes used for commuting. Around here a motorcycle is like a 4-5 month thing, this should be good for at least 8-9. One of their cabins, a garage, and some kind of heater would make it almost any day short of a major snowfall that will ground a bunch of other cars as well.
I would love to have one, my problem would be when I drive it to work and park it outside it would be hard on those batteries in the winter. I probably could get access to an outlet in the back lot and make some kind of heat blanket for them. For me really it would be mostly a toy, and unfortunately I can't afford toys that expensive yet. There are plenty of folks who a $15,000 toy is nothing. Pretty common price on most of the new motorcycles I see cruising around and they are also nothing but toys.

[slowmover]

It’s a cheap way to avoid public transit (size & storage). Then, upkeep.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Hersbird

You might like this post from a few weeks back.

"It makes your tiny house look bigger".

I want an FUV because I've been priced out of the market for patina'd sunroof oval window Beetles.



OTOH I traded those wheels for the Dasher, which would be my road trip car.

[Hersbird]

I also don't think you can go wrong with the initial offering price. Either it will he successful and the price will go up and have a long waiting list, like you could easily sell a Tesla for what you paid for it if not more, or it will he a failure in which case it will be immediately collectible and you can get back what you paid.

Sorry to get off topic again but I did see a nice 1980 diesel Dasher wagon on craigslist. What do you think about this car? Do you know anything about the motors? Are they easy to rebuild if needed? https://missoula.craigslist.org/cto/...765432790.html

[freebeard]

Problem with one of the cylinders.

Maybe a brake wheel cylinder?

I like the wagon part, but it's got too many doors. That's a nice interior. I love the pleated seats. I know nothing about water-cooled, let alone diesels. I put a bunch of miles on mine, then the string of failures went diesel fuel filter, diesel mechanical pump, the head, and then the 40-year-old hoses started popping one by one.

It's currently running, it will be drivable once the oil pressure indicator light is healed.

25,000 miles? Buy it in Corvallis and take to https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rich's+german+motorwerks+spfld if you can find their new location.

Here's a use case for the FUV. Seattle is fielding these vehicles made by Trike Truck in Potland, OR.


https://www.wired.com/story/ups-deli...cycle-seattle/

[freebeard]

This went up on Youtube 2 days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtWeGgYckyk

It looks like production units ship in the first quarter of next year.

[sendler]

I thought it was pronounced Archie moto?

[NeilBlanchard]

I have always heard "ARK-i-moto".

[Xist]

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Originally Posted by Xist

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG

ARCHIE MOTO???

All this time I've been saying ARC-IMOTO.

Neil, you /thanked that one.

Nobody was saying Arse-E-Moto?