What about the FUV?

@@smallik81 That's exactly what London was talking about. I own one. It is perfect when you want a low consumption highly sustainable vehicle.

Love your vids bro

In a true similar to London scenario, your average speed would be 11mph so you’d get much wetter. Traffic in London moves at a snails pace, the Renault Twizzy didn’t sell in large numbers in the U.K. despite it’s suitability for urban transport. This led to Renault discontinuing it here. Given the price of the Acimotor, if it was ever brought here I don’t think it would sell particularly well either, given that if Renault decided to sell the Dacia Spring here it would be cheaper and more practical. I can’t ever see this type of vehicle ever being more than a niche form of transport. The Citroen Ami electric sells well in France because their laws allow it to be driven by 14 year olds and people without licences (like those that have lost them through drink driving offences). Here, now that the government has dropped its ev grant they will go on sale for £7500, a lot more than the 6000€ they were sold for in France so I doubt other than in London that they’ll sell well here either, especially as they are left hand drive and limited to 28mph. What we need are the small Chinese cars that are cheap, can seat four people and do 60mph and 100 miles of range. They really would sell well given the current financial conditions.

It looks so much fun! I don‘t think it‘d be the right choice for my region, though, where we get to “enjoy” six months of winter, and luckily, quite a bit of rain still.

@@sergentcolon1 Hey you sour old naysayer, if your average speed is 11 that means you are doing something wrong both as an individual and as a country. Use more busses and trains.

@@sergentcolon1 The next gen vehicle is supposed to come in around $12k. This thing is a lot more responsive than the twizzy. And actually capable of beating people off the lights.

@@sergentcolon1 Agree, why do people need 2.5 tonne tanks to go to the shops/school?

Rappiidddddd

College campus responder is one good use for it.

If only there was a device where you could input numbers, then perform a calculation to come up with a different number. I imagine that would be really useful.

That is a low prioroty as this vehicle is targeting the US market only, for years to come.

@@maxflight777 We looked at that several times. The majority resisted. Remember that though this is a UK channel, it is on a US website created with US intellectual property. And it will be years before any of these will be sold in the UK. The FUV uses metric fasteners.

​@@popeyegordon let's not forget that if it wasn't for Brit at CERN in Europe, you wouldn't have the internet. But you can also bet that KZfaq is spread across the world in multiple different countries, on hardware produced in places not called America.

@@basementstudio7574 You can get an app to convert Imperial to metric for you on your mobile phone /device .

Well relatively safe. I think if you flipped it, your head could hit the pavement and being T-boned or head on in that thing would be suboptimal for survival. Safer than a motorbike, less safe than a car.

You can get them with half doors that protects a bit from rain. They are working on full doors and AC/heat too.

But, is it fun? 🙃

Nah I'd rather have this...way more interesting, fun, and made in America

I wish I had bought one before used cars got so expensive.Those were going for $17K, I hear the used car market has cooled a bit. I should check again soon.

Your Fiat costs you an average of $800 more per year for insurance than the Arcimoto. You have no warranty and more moving parts. You have to pay for gas and oil changes. You have two empty rear seats making the vehicle weigh far more than needed for most owners. The top speed of the Arcimoto is identical to your Fiat and it has 10 miles more range. The FUV can be bought with doors and a pet cage is easy to find. I have a locking trunk and the entire passenger section is a cargo hold for me. I enclosed it with cargo webbing.

@@popeyegordon Note that the 500e is electric, otherwise your comment is valid. Do you remove the rear seat in your Arcimoto for cargo? If so, how long does it take? I would like to be able to carry more cargo than the Arcimoto as shipped, but still have the option of a passenger seat if needed.

Noted!!

@@Electroheads Awesome ;)

Some great observations there

1) This vehicle self discharges a full kilowatt hour daily while parked. That small roof does not have enough space for useful solar. The polycarbonate roof and windshield are UV filtering. Many owners decide to add limo tint to the roof and a tinted roof will be offered soon. 2) A wider roof would cause you to bump your head as you enter and exit. It has rain gutters. 3) I removed my rear seat and harness and foot mats which reduced weight by 65 pounds. I then used cargo webbing to enclose the rear area for piles of cargo. I also have the locking water tight trunk. You can buy the Deliverator version with considerable locked and dry cargo space.

@@popeyegordon 1. any solar is useful 2. And I've seen people ride it in the rain it definitely needs a lil more protection,rain doesn't solely come from above you wind moves it at an angle 3. That's cool,and I hope you're having a shit ton of fun with yours it's a cool vehicle I'm just saying lil things to add in a sequel

@@Jovanny_pcpp 1 debunked) no, 'any' solar is not useful when the charge rate needed is 20 times greater. And any solar will up the base price, discouraging more sales. 2 debunked) You can not see any riders in the rain on KZfaq videos who got wet. Those two videos praise the dry ride where a light rain geat is optional. You totally overlooked the fact that driving creates an air dam around the front of the vehicle. I stay bone dry in hard rain and as long as I am moving, a cross wind is not strong enough to get my elbows damp 3 debunked ) you are personally deciding you know a lot more about this vehicle you have never driven or owned than those who have. What bullshit.

@@popeyegordon sorry I cant afford a 17,000$ scooter Obviously I'm guessing off a thing I don't own I'm not a rich prick like you

Now you can rent one there to try it out!

There are nothing but prototypes at this time.

To honestly and properly summarize, the average price of a new car in the US in 2022 is $46,000!! Too steep my ass, the $18K price for the Arcimoto is a bargain where less is more. No more gas or oil changes, 80% cheaper insurance, same safety as any small car. No emissions.

It’s 17k now. When they open the new factory and ramp production it is planned to reduce to only 12k which is very reasonable.

@@moodtherapist Full disclosure - it is $17,900 now and all the talk about a $12K goal was from several years ago in 2019 dollars. The same value in 2024 will equal about $14K due to inflation.

I would like to invite you to look at a can am spyder. It sells pretty well and it starts at $18499 (without any extra). It uses gas and requires oil and transmission fluid change for maintenance. At $17900, a fuv is a steal 🤷‍♂️

It does try a search.

@@chrisbailey1966 No it does not. No panels available. But we stay dry in rain while moving. A wrap around windshield and roof with rain gutters is a dryer experiecnce than can be had with half a billion motorcycles and scooters.

Aptera would not fit on many British roads. It's way too wide. Love the Aptera, but it's just not practical in many locations due to its width.

Doors are currently optional

@@lexpaul2730 oooh, interesting.... 🤔

You can get them with half doors. They are working on full doors and AC/heat too.

The Paxter serves a different demand as a light slow delivery vehicle. In the US we have laws against using bike paths for motorized vehicles that can not be pedaled as well.

The roof area is quite narrow and small. Room for only 100 watts of solar which is not even enough to replace the built in loss of 1% of the battery charge every day due to internal parasitic drains. If there was also a flat trunk and hood area the math would be different but it is still a narrow vehicle with an intentionally small footprint.

Sales are brisk in rainy Oregon and Wasington. Watch the videos showing how dry we stay in rain. Not one single drop gets to me while I am driving. The pressure wave parts the rain.

And you have no crash cage or six point harness, no heated seats and hand grips and defroster. You still burn fossil fuel.

Not for many years, if ever. India desperately needs to make light EVs to replace those awful tuktuks.

Not marketed in the UK. But it is in fact selling good in states with winters colder than yours.

Your comment is absolute nonsense. I corrected you for this same crap under another video. Debris does not routinely or even rarely fly in through an open car window or break a closed one. Simply not a reasonable possibility. A helmet in the Arcimoto only will increase your chance of a neck injury from its added momentum in a collision. Grow up and get rid of the skateboard.

Definitely cheaper than Eilis's idea for UV filtering windows 😂

@@Electroheads Bacofoil™ isn't so expensive, even think I've got some 'round here ...needs a wash

High speeds don't mix with bike paths. But Arcimoto's new MLM is the ultimate ebike that is safe for trails and paths. It is a pipe dream to think there could ever be enough trails to avoid all car traffic. Only possible in carefully planned new communities. I used Seattle's fully integrated bike path system to communte, still needed to deal with side road traffic and some heavier traffic.

@@popeyegordonwhy so negative about something novel to you? As if I hadn't ever thought about any of those concerns? And it is almost literally a pipe dream! And conceived specifically to cheaply overlie existing cities. Bikes and scooters doing 25kph (say) in one section, bigger buggies and commuter trolleys doing 45kph (say) in another. Access points everywhere, from quiet suburban streets to CBDs and car parks in hubs etc. The point is to make UL options safe and fast across town by removing the need to conflict with existing heavy surface traffic.

@@hogey74 NOT THE LEAST BIT NOVEL TO ME!!! I was an ebike commuter on Seattle's elaborate trail system for a decade. I have been a corporate bike club president. I have been a corporate commute reduction representative. After all of that I still have the last ten years of ebiking in retirement before I bought my Arcimoto. YOU are some kind of space case who never bothered to learn about the existing state standards of class 1, 2 & 3 ebikes and where they may be used. "Raised trails" are a Disneyland pipe dream except where they took over existing rail trestles. Seattle's bike path system relies heavily on rail to trail conversions. No city can budget for such a gigantic undertaking as you fantasize about. You never bothered to think through the very steep and treacherous entry and exit ramps for such a system which wheelchairs and many bikes would struggle to use. The only raised trails in Seattle that were purpose built were to get trail users over and across freeway systems. Some actually needed elevators to access the required height. They were funded as part of the bus system's budget.

Sales are brisk in rainy Oregon and Wasington. Watch the videos showing how dry we stay in rain. Not one single drop gets to me while I am driving. The pressure wave parts the rain.

Ranjan - ignore the spammer. That criminal will be banned. India will not have access to Arcioto for many years. Your country needs clean transportation the most but no one is doing anything about it. Something is broken in India's entrepeneurial system.

Someone has imported one and got it registered in New Zealand. Probably have to jump through hoops to get it done but seems a possibility.

No, not even remotely similar other than the three wheels. Arcimoto is a two seater. Carver battery capacity is one third as much, top speed is far lower, one passenger only, and not easily converted to utility versions with flat beds or cargo holds. Carver is considered a scooter or moped.

They have half doors options. They are working on full doors and AC/heat too.

and how was that NOT a priority from the first vehicles. Remote boot opening? Camping mode? Why? Get the basics, introduce the rest when the battery tech improves.

Not in your country nor mine but yes there are plenty sub 25k

Dacia Spring, if they ever decide to sell it in the U.K.

'Normal' 4 passenger cars are killing our biome. They are most often driven with one or two and an empty trunk on short trips, enter Arcimoto's more efficient design.

MG4 is getting closer

You can get them with half doors. They are working on full doors and AC/heat too.

Oh also the are working on side space for a dog or could be used for packages. Dog collar clips to a cross bar so he can't jump out. Mark, the founder of the company, has the dog carrier on his Aricmoto Roadster. (kind of like an EV trike motocycle.) check it out

@@beachbum200009 ooh that sounds like fun......that would be ideal...😁👍

What a totally false claim. Obviously you have not researched the FUV design. We have the SAME safety level as any small car, but through a different system. Motorcycles are unsafe but this uses a proven formula one racing system of certified roll cage and 6 point harness. No helmet or air bags or doors needed, no leather or boots required.

It will be many years before exports beyond Canada.

Sales of other compact cars and 3 wheelers in the UK prove that only your odd comment is rubbish.

The roof area is quite narrow and small. Room for only 100 watts of solar which is not even enough to replace the built in loss of 1% of the battery charge every day due to internal parasitic drains. If the 'Dutch Solar' version costs less that is because it offers less. Does it have 80 mph top speed, crash cage and 6 point harnesses?

Yes it is perfect for the former and adequate for the latter. We can choose to charge during non-peak hours. We can convert all EVS to add power back to the grid when it is short. Half a billion motorcycles and scooters have NO protection from the elements while the FUV offers a wrap around windshield mated with a roof and it has heated seats, grips and defroster.

You are not informed. Arcimoto only sells in states where they have first set up mobile service teams. Wonderful business thinking! My 3 year warranty means they come to my home for updates of software, any recalls or service needed. This is actually the ONLY practical way to market an EV nationally from a new company with no billion dollar's worth of service centers and dealers.

It was VERY tempting 😇

Check the Can Am spyder at $18499+ and it uses gas with oil change maintenance. It sells pretty well. $17900 for a fuv is reasonable 🤷‍♂️

It seems the video is giving you the wrong base price, it is $18K. To honestly and properly summarize, the average price of a new car in the US in 2022 is $46,000!! Too much my ass, the $18K price for the Arcimoto is a bargain where less is more. No more gas or oil changes, 80% cheaper insurance, same safety as any small car. Arcimoto does not owe KJW a vehicle produced below cost. Note how entitled he is.

@@popeyegordon That’s my point. I noticed there were many typos in my previous text. I was just inviting KWJ to look at a Can Am spyder which is a vehicle similar to a fuv but uses gas, needs oil change and CVT transmission fluid change. It starts at $18499 + and it sells pretty well. If you compare it to a fuv, $17900 for an electric car is a steal 🤷‍♂️

@@georgeschneider8778 Other trikes do not compare to the FUV. They have no crash cage or 6 point harness. You are trying to compare them but you are failing.

@@popeyegordon A can am spyder is the closest thing to a fuv in the market. Yes the fuv offers more features but it is delusional to compare a fuv to a $46000 new car. They don’t belong to the same category and they serve different purposes.

I am here to tell everyone reading this garbage from 'Sonny Dam' that he is full of crap and I will explain why in detail. After owning five motorcycles during my lifetime, and three ebikes, I can say with certainty that my FUV is a very safe and smart upgrade replacement for a motorcycle. All the joy, none of the extra danger and obnoxious noise. He is just plain LYING about a hatch back being comparable to the Arcinoto. Hatchbacks weigh 3 times as much, squander a tremendious amount of energy while being driven with, on average, one passenger and an empty trunk most of the time. Arcimoto's formula one racing safety system of a crash cage and 6 point harness makes it just as safe as any small car and its 3 flat tread car tires mean you have tremenduosly more traction on the road at all times, eliminating the constant threat of a wipeout on a motorcycle with its rounded tires. Any little gravel patch, oil slick or wet pavement means a motorcyclist can face plant at any time. I transcended that trap with my new autocycle and it is a joy to drive every time. No use for a helmet, no need for air bags. And I still get the very low motorcycle rate on my insurance. My power bill didn't even notice charging mine at home.

They already exist. Popeye says generally you gets what you pays for.

@@popeyegordon No cheap car in my country. Line to get a mid priced car is getting longer as we speak. A friend told me her hybrid car she ordered just got more expensive.

@@Sailorman6996 Sure, the entire world is experiencing a huge increase in prices of used and new. Into this market where the average cost of a new car in the US is $46,000 USD, the Arcimoto is just $18K and the economical operation continues after buying it. I'm seeing a lot of comments from non-Americans for this exclusively US made and sold vehicle. It will not be exported for years to come. The EU also has an invigorated car-bike market. I drove a solar/pedal hybrid car-bike with enclosed body shell for 7 years to be able to pay cash for my Arcimoto.

Nah. People need to drive shorter distances or we all die.

No plan to market in the UK for many years.But you already have 3 wheeled autocycles.

they have doors with windows, you chose to use or not

@@Rene5200 No windows are offered at this time. I hope they never do. We have to break all the many habits of car addicts or perish. Half a billion motorcycles and scooters have no doors at all but suddenly people want to see them on a vehicle with the primary advantage of being lighter and more sustainable. Climate control ruins both.

I have read 10,000 comments on the FUV and no one else ever doubted the relability of the 6 point harness before you. It is actually two separate 3 point seat belts reversed for a level of redundancy you can't get in other designs. If one point failed the other 3 point belt will keep you safe. Also, the height of the driver's head is a distinct advantage so why would anyone think it should be lowered? You must have a very odd thought process. Did you ever think how the height means increased visibility for other drivers to see it too? That is what experienced motorcycle drivers say is a plus about this design.

@@Rene5200 oh, I just saw an image on google maps. It looks much better.

@@popeyegordon my bad on the seatbelts I didn't notice it was a six point harness, thanks for pointing it out. As for the height I didn't mean that it should be lowered like a Campagna T-Rex or a Polaris Slingshot, just a few inches. I guess I was suggesting it more for the style and not thinking about the function. I thought it kinda looked odd without the doors but apparently they offer doors which for me looks better and safer.

Wheel "missing"?? HAHAHAHA!!! Arcimoto realised with one of its earlier prototypes that wheel steering was impractical for a light EV. Eliminating it lowered the vehicle weight by 240 pounds and the length by 16 inches! It is NOT "an effective hair dryer" because we are sheltered from the wind by a wrap around windshield and roof. Doors are optional but smart buyers realize doors are just a useless security blanket. I dont' know what an "Ami" is but I doubt it compares at all, based on the rest of your ignorant hateful comment. Less wheels = better. Superior. Greener. Lighter. Sustainable vs biome destruction.

The oil and gas bias is strong in this one.

And yet there are hundreds of envious inquires from the UK wanting to know when this will be available there.

You can get them with half doors. They are working on full doors and AC/heat too.

You did us a disfavor by deciding to judge all 900 ELF owners based on just one who did not bother to install the upgraded headlights on his early model. Most of us did and got four times the brightness. The trademark is registered so don't go there. I drove my ELF as my only transportation for 7 years and did half of that in summer nights here in Florida. My lights are so bright I get blinked at a lot. After having no car expenses for 7 years I saved enough to pay cash for my Arcimoto.

@@popeyegordon I didn't know they had improved the lights and will let him know because I am sure he would have upgraded them if he knew it was an easy option. It's the only one I've ever seen. Trademark or not, the T in a circle badge is too close to a Toyota logo.

@@Noah_E The trademark granting organization decided it is not too close. You are entitled to your own opinion but not to your own facts. Amazon has always offered better lights he could have bought at any time.

Think some one tried to scam me using electro heads name .I know this is a thing now . They even sent me a picture with a big box . I know I have lost the prize but would like u to bring this issue up on youtube. So people are carefull with there details.

Yes now the invite has gone they tried to get me to buy a tracking I'd number which was to far no credit card details for the thieves

Doors available now

Testing revealed no real world change in range. The plastic doors have no function except as a security blanket for conditioned car drivers. Any streamlining is offset by the reduced battery range due to increased weight. With an airplane this might pencil out differently.