Solo

[RSchneider]

The entire Arcimoto management team sucked immediately following the production start due to mismanagement and lost focus. What’s to forgive? Did I imply it’s OK? It is what it is

Management was a disaster before they started production. It's that the fans decided to not look at the financials and see that the company needed to be lean and focus on one product. Think about it. It took eight iterations for Mark to decide that's what he liked. All the way from 2006 to 2018. That's terrible management. Way too much money being spent on what the founder decided that day. On the other hand, the fans were ignoring all of that and just happy that they crossed the production finish line. Yet, if they would have been more conservative and spent more time developing a really good product, they did what is called, force to production. Just make the darn thing even though it's full of faults and reliability is a disaster. Now service is no longer around and the company is out of business.

Also, I seen that all of the equipment is up for auction. So, that shows, they are done.

 

[Bilbo B]

ElectraMeccanica Solo EVs pile up in Arizona scrapyard​

 

[Greg@Dragonfly]

ElectraMeccanica Solo EVs pile up in Arizona scrapyard​

Wow. Did anybody hear what exactly the root issue was ? It's so hard to believe they decided to scrap all of them. The only thing I can think of is that it was an imbedded cell or pack BMS issue. That could have caused a full battery replacement, which then would have been too expensive? But I'm just guessing... anybody know for sure what it was ?

 

[Rickb]

Wow. Did anybody hear what exactly the root issue was ? It's so hard to believe they decided to scrap all of them. The only thing I can think of is that it was an imbedded cell or pack BMS issue. That could have caused a full battery replacement, which then would have been too expensive? But I'm just guessing... anybody know for sure what it was ?

Possibly this. Apparently Jerry Kroll bought the rights to everything Solo, has a partner to engineer the issue, and plans on the Solo GT in 2025. They provided all Solo owners full refunds.

 

[RSchneider]

Possibly this. Apparently Jerry Kroll bought the rights to everything Solo, has a partner to engineer the issue, and plans on the Solo GT in 2025. They provided all Solo owners full refunds.
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Any word on Jerry Kroll offering test drives to anyone for free? How about service. I need a full dealer network. I also need space for two, not one. So, the Solo is not for me at all unless Jerry changes the design. This GT better meet all f my requirements.

 

[Greg@Dragonfly]

Possibly this. Apparently Jerry Kroll bought the rights to everything Solo, has a partner to engineer the issue, and plans on the Solo GT in 2025. They provided all Solo owners full refunds.
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Thx, I saw this but it's vague ... motor controller and inverter or battery controller. I was wondering what the engineering flaw truly was that forced the recall. An inverter might be $1500 for that size motor... doesn't seem like that would be enough for full recall / refund. And battery pack controller should also be addressable. So it had to be something that was very expensive and required high labor... Would love to know the details.

 

[Rickb]

Thx, I saw this but it's vague ... motor controller and inverter or battery controller. I was wondering what the engineering flaw truly was that forced the recall. An inverter might be $1500 for that size motor... doesn't seem like that would be enough for full recall / refund. And battery pack controller should also be addressable. So it had to be something that was very expensive and required high labor... Would love to know the details.

I happened across a podcast a month or so ago hosted by an engineering consultant interviewing Jerry Kroll explaining the issue. I wish I could find it back. Kroll is partnering with that firm (apparently a huge Solo fan) to fix the Solo issue allowing for the Solo GT reboot in 2025. Apparently the same charging issue they resolved for Tesla charging specs way back when. If I find it I’ll post the link.

 

[Greg@Dragonfly]

I happened across a podcast a month or so ago hosted by an engineering consultant interviewing Jerry Kroll explaining the issue. I wish I could find it back. Kroll is partnering with that firm (apparently a huge Solo fan) to fix the Solo issue allowing for the Solo GT reboot in 2025. Apparently the same charging issue they resolved for Tesla charging specs way back when. If I find it I’ll post the link.

Thx Rick. If you find anything on the details, it would be much appreciated. Jerry was CEO, so interesting that he dumped ElectroMeccanica, but is keeping rights. Alot of history with Jerry and Corbin / Intermeccanica. Old article from 2018: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4222222-real-story-behind-electrameccanica

 

[Sonoran Sam]

I watch this youtube presenter from time to time (just for fun). He purchased two G1 Solo vehicles. An acquaintance (of his) rolled one of them. The solo protected the driver (for the most part) coming out of the rollover with one minor injury.

I (personally) received a "lesson" from this video. And that is, I need to a bit more gentle (when driving) with a 3 wheel vehicle over a 4 wheel car or 2 wheel motorcycle.

I do think the video is worth a watch, as I found it (all around) interesting.

Solo accident

 

[Rickb]

I watch this youtube presenter from time to time (just for fun). He purchased two G1 Solo vehicles. An acquaintance (of his) rolled one of them. The solo protected the driver (for the most part) coming out of the rollover with one minor injury.

I (personally) received a "lesson" from this video. And that is, I need to a bit more gentle (when driving) with a 3 wheel vehicle over a 4 wheel car or 2 wheel motorcycle.

I do think the video is worth a watch, as I found it (all around) interesting.

Solo accident

Interesting video. Your lesson learned point got me to thinking about why I even have interest in a three wheeler for the past 15+ years. Reason 1) the fun factor of the tilting Carver way back when,,,,,,,far to expensive Reason 2) The Hello Elio marketing………..very affordable (CHEAP), high MPG, 4 Star safety……way back when that turned out to be just marketing hype. Pergaps there is no real benefit to three wheels based on safety alone.