Registered as motorcycle with DMV

[Bionicman]

Arcimoto - Ultra Efficient Electric Vehicles

replacing my 13000 mile Sur-ron as commuter - pick it up in Eugene Oregon Monday
I got 13,000 miles outta my Sur-ron E motorcycle. Sold it for 3000$ paid 3800$ 5 years ago. It was essentially a FREE bike if you calculate MPG over my truck alone. Not to mention (or accounting for) maintenance stuff & depreciation.
While the Arcimoto is more expensive I'm hoping I get at least 40K before it needs a new battery to be in similar boat of FREE status.
Scheduled pickup Monday already & ordered October 6th!
kinda excited & kinda surprised this has not caught on like wildfire in urban areas

 

[Redwolf]

Interested to hear what you think about this, they have caught my interest too. Now just have to figure out how it would be useful to me.

 

[Bionicman]

I will post an inital review next weekend. Due to on-going registration costs & mandatory insurance is expediture not assiciated to the Sur-ron but being to ride this rain & shine is a + in PNW
most of my trips are under 100mi of projected range but thinking these fit in high urban areas - not so much in sprawling kansas city type areas where things are more spread out... as it has a SLOW charger Im understanding... TBD

 

[Bionicman]

status update 1600mi report

was going to type up s thorough engineering review but wont & simply say the FUV is heavy on utility!
If it werent for the fact you can ride it mainly dry in the rain I would sell but it gets the job done

a few weeks ago 8pm mid charge the horn decided to sound constant - Nothing like trying to shut it up in your underwear in the rain for 1.5 hrs waking every neighbor up eventually just cut wires to the switch - it was fixed almost immediately with only a week of downtime but spoiled any confidence in machine

obviously speed affects range greatly so interstate stints are limited

minimal maybe 10 bucks to charge per month on E bill

its a good means of transportation thus far...

 

[Bionicman]