Electra Meccanica (three Wheel Electric) Email-11/2/15

[bunchathrees]

Looks like a James Bond model that is stretching out to turn into a plane or a boat.
Thats it, a backwards ice boat! All it needs now are blades and a mast with sail.

And having a powerful laser chase it around.

 

[Elio Amazed]

I do notice something else about the Meccania in comparison to the Sparrow, it does seem to sit the driver just a tad lower. With any batteries in an EV drive placed low and nearer the front, it will likely be less 'ginger' on the highways than the sparrow. Still it should be made FWD for best all weather characteristics at speed.

Still the comfort in crash safety and sense of foot print makes it a lot less confident on active highways than the Elio.

Did we see here any posting for the top speed spec on this car? I'll have to check.

Edited: Yep 80mph max. Not really a good enough top speed for my area. Better keep it down to 55mph roads (85kph). Around here the posted is 65mph, the typical driver is doing 75, and the faster one are doing 80. The ones taking the risk are doing up to 85.
If I know the road is not monitored strictly I'm often at 77mph. If I'm sensing COP, down to 74mph.

With that narrow footprint, I really can't feel comfortable doing 74 in the Meccania. It is a urban city car primarily.

Shouldn't be a problem.
If you lean into the curves and counter-steer...
It should easily (and safely) handle more than 80mph.

 

[Coss]

Shouldn't be a problem.
If you lean into the curves and counter-steer...
It should easily (and safely) handle more than 80mph.

You go ahead and try it first; let us know how it goes. OK?

 

[Elio Amazed]

You go ahead and try it first; let us know how it goes. OK?

Spoken with the knowledge and experience that only comes from being a true veteran stunt rider.

 

[Coss]

Spoken with the knowledge and experience that only comes from being a true veteran stunt rider.

And if I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt; I'd think I was dead.

 

[voyager]

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/08/04/electra-meccanica-solo-ev-sales-start-next-month/#slide-3917148

 

[BigWarpGuy]

I think the design is an improvement over the Sparrow which - IMO - looks like a duck head.

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Someone posted this on Facebook. Car Scoops indicates it will cost
$19,888 CAD (which I used a site to convert it to US dollars) 15095.83 US.

When I went to the site, there was a related video that was on the Elio (a couple of them).

 

[voyager]

I think the design is an improvement over the Sparrow which - IMO - looks like a duck head.

More like some giant Cinderella lost her shoe...

 

[Elio Amazed]

I'm still not finding anything but artist renditions of this.
Has anyone seen a picture or video of an actual completed new design model yet?

 

[BigWarpGuy]

I seem to find photos of the vehicle without the body. I am still looking.