Electric vehicles are more popular, but customers are looking for something cheaper than existing models for the elite. This was confirmed by Tesla Motors with hundreds of thousands of pre-orders for the first affordable car, Model 3. However, $35,000 isn’t a small amount, such as a company Arcimoto are very much aware of that. Therefore, they have their own solution – a two-seater for $12,000.
Arcimoto SRK is a two-seater that will not wait until 2025 (when it is expected that the price of electric vehicles to be on par or below normal), but should be available in the second half of the year. Arcimoto Generation 8 SRK, company also called ‘daily electric car for the rest of us’.
It is a three-wheel vehicle, which is seen as a hybrid of motorcycle and cars. In addition to housing the two passengers, there is room for some luggage – or everyday groceries. With regard to performances goes, SRK has a top speed of 130 km/h and up to 100 km/h arrives in 7.5 seconds.
The standard kit has a range of 110 kilometers, but with a stronger additional battery range goes up to 200 km, more than enough for city driving.
Price seems solid, as well as the possibility of the vehicle. However, while the company praising better security than a motorcycle, you should wait crash tests, which were for a series of small electric vehicles showed desperately poor.