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Test driving the Arcimoto Pulse EV around the race loop at work today.
Got the tires to squeal on the third lap… =)
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4-7hrs. 40-160 miles based on battery options (from their site)
Gone-walk: yup. All vehicles will be electric in the future, IMHO.
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More info: this is the fourth prototype from Arcimoto, which is so spanking new that they hadn’t finished body panels for it, hence the Mad Max tubular frame style. Reportedly, it makes for more comfortable testing in the summer as well. They were in town as part of a "victory tour" from qualifying as a Regional Finalist in the Clean Tech Open.
It also recently caught the attention of Nathan Fillion (aka. Cap’n Mal from Firefly) who flew up to Eugene for a test drive. He tweeted that it "drove like a shark" thanks to the low CG of the battery pack.
As an Oregonian, I have a deposit down for one of these little homegrown EVs. At $20k, they are one of the few freeway EVs within an ordinary person’s budget. I have my fingers crossed that they clear the hurdle of manufacturability, across which many other EV makers have stumbled.
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Actor Nathan Fillion has been showing up in a lot of placed driving that prototype recently.
Some examples:
blogs.eugeneweekly.com/content/captain-tightpants-and-ele…
ecowomen.net/2010/08/27/arcimoto-pulse-all-electric-car/And in ‘tron trim’:
http://www.facebook.com/Arcimoto
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