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The Personal Electric Vehicle: Arcimoto
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Arcimoto’s mission is sustainable transportation: we believe we shouldn’t have to sacrifice the livability of our planet just for the convenience of getting from A to B. We’re developing the SRK, a vehicle based on a unique new electric vehicle platform and designed for the needs of everyday drivers. The SRK’s environmentally efficient three-wheeled footprint is easy to maneuver and park, it has the capacity to carry two people and plenty of groceries, and its grin-inducing ride experience ushers in a new era of responsible driving – free from compromise and the gas pump.
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On June 1st, 2012 at 11:17 am Moto Electric Said:
I work for a company that sells all types of electric vehicles, so I think your SRK could catch on. For those who say your idea won’t work because of limited range, I say…
Range Anxiety – Reality Or Perception?
While many point to “range anxiety” as the reason that the adoption of all-electric vehicles is not proceeding at the fast pace that was predicted, it may be a figment of American imaginations.
According to a January 6, 2012 article on the Treehugger.com website, Americans seem to think that they need more range than their actual travel habits would indicate.
Using recent census data, information from the National Household Travel Survey of 2009 and other sources, two Columbia University researchers have found that while the average American says he or she requires a vehicle with a range of at least 272 miles before they would consider switching to an all-electric vehicle, the truth is that most trips cover considerably less miles than that.
In actuality, 10% of most car trips cover one mile or less, and 95% of all car trips average 30 miles or less! This is well within the range of virtually all-electric vehicles, including Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs) and Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs). As public charging stations become more common, there would seem to be no reason why an all-electric vehicle could not be used for the large majority of trips made by American drivers.
As researcher Rob van Haaren said, “’Range Anxiety’ is something that is overemphasized and it can be dealt with by simple planning.”
On August 6th, 2012 at 2:09 pm Jim Bullis, Miastrada Company Said:
We agree with much of this good work. Take it a step further and you get the Miastrada car.
The key enabling feature of the Miastrada car was tandem seating which you wisely recognize as the sensible way to seat people.
All of the machinations surrounding the Automotive Xprize and some years probing the market did not provide much encouragement. Hopefully, you will do better.
Please rethink the notion that you get three times the efficiency by using electric equipment. True, the EPA pretends this is true, but it is not. There is always a heat engine (in the broad sense of the word) of some kind somewhere.
While we wait for the market to demand a real change in vehicles, we are working on a vehicle that might be immediately accepted. Look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq5eIVVvdgA or simply write ‘ Miastrada Dragon ‘ on the google search line.
On December 25th, 2012 at 12:26 am jerryd Said:
The range at speed won’t be good because the aero of the front wheels will keep it bad.
They need them to be more narrow and likely more weight forward so with driver onboard each wheel have about equal weight. That is easily done by shifting battery weight forward.
By making a say 50-56” front track and enclosing the front wheels under bodywork can clean up the very bad aero drag they cause increasing range at speed by 50%!!! if done right. Good luck guys as we really need EV’s this size but get an aero expert or study it yourself to get 50% more range just with better aero design at no extra cost.