In the Pacific Northwest, this company is putting the 'try' in trike. We spoke with Arcimoto interim CEO Jesse Fittipaldi about how to make the best three-wheeler.
Breaking the four-wheel hold on mainstream transportation has proven a challenge ever since we invented the wheel. Sure, the Roman chariots were fast, but have you not seen Ben Hur? Don’t you want a nice stable wagon instead? By the time we get to cars, quads are clearly in the lead, despite the fact that the smaller footprints of motorcycles would solve many of the traffic and resource issues that plague our crowded cities.
We really thought that a two-passenger vehicle was critical for mass adoption. And he form factors of the vehicles that we were prototyping before that were very automotive, traditional automotive in their style. Sort of like Elio or Solo. Pedals on the floor and steering wheel, and your legs spread forward. That created this very long vehicle. It created a vehicle that had a back seat that was difficult for people to get in and out of.
I will say, as far as my experience with it, it was pretty much 100 percent people giving me thumbs up, even people in much cooler vehicles. I mean, whether or not they would purchase it themselves, I don't know, but I did get a positive response from it while I was in it, which I was not expecting.Let's talk a little bit about safety.
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