The Arcimoto SRK aims to democratise the electric car (BBC)
Ken Wysocky
In a way, using a typical two-ton car with a gas-guzzling, internal-combustion engine to run errands around town is akin to going grocery shopping with a NASA space shuttle: grossly inefficient.
Alt-vehicle entrepreneur Mark Frohnmayer has developed a better idea – the Arcimoto SRK, a three-wheeled, electric-powered motorcycle that seats two people, with enough room left over to carry groceries and such. It also looks pretty cool, is fun to drive and will even be affordable, asserts Frohnmayer, Arcimoto’s president and chief visionary officer.
While Frohnmayer declined to disclose an actual price, he says the SRK will cost less than $20,000. Arcimoto will start beta testing the SRK in November, with 15 pilot prototypes hitting the streets in phases by mid-2015. Design refinements will ensue, followed by a target production date of late 2016, says Frohnmayer, a former video-game developer who earned a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.
“We still have a lot to do before we start cranking them out like potato chips,” quips Frohnmayer, who sold a successful video-game start-up and used the proceeds as seed money for Arcimoto. “But the SRK will be the first affordable and functional electric vehicle for the masses.”
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more: http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20141107-democratising-the-electric-car
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