Display MoreI truly hope you are right @BR 4HM4 But the experts he's relying on for manufacturing expertise are chineese bicycle manufacturers and their hub motors , Currently the only two successful manufacturers of 10kw hub motors are one in the UK and one American firm , both needing over $ 25,000.. for their leading edge technology hub motors with a controller and a battery pack , No vehicle included.
It may be quite a bit of a stretch to think Storm's manufacturing expertise can pull this off, wait a minute, did I say manufacturing expertise , I meant crowd funding , expertise after all, ,what he is famous for is raising millions before seeking the Chineese manufacturing , and finally being able to source chineese bicycles,, only after he had the money.
It just seems very odd to me that he has had a supposed running prototype for almost a year now and has not been able to produce a single photograph showing any mechanical details yet. Certainly, when he does, and he will, convince hundreds to crowd source millions for his manufacturing he may be able to produce something , Hopefully it's not just another case of ELIOSILLYESNESS.
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China is pretty much where everyone has gone for the manufacturing as of late. That doesn't make me happy, but they do it at a price point that others can't touch. I think the issue might end up being the overall costs when it comes to tariffs. Storm was trying to bring this vehicle to market at a price point close to the Arcimoto but with production being overseas and the tariffs going up...it might be closer to $15K which will kill this vehicle. Also I think the NHTSA requirements on a car are hemming this up. I don't believe it is labeled as an autocycle so the costs to get the car to market are substantially more. Ampere motors has been trying to get their vehicle to market for about the same amount of time. They are hemmed up with the same issues as Sondors at this point.
