When you get your Solo and two days after that it's DOA where you turn it on and nothing happens, are you willing to diagnose and work on it yourself? If you are, then that's great. problem is, it it requires a mechanic with a full blown shop to own one then that is a problem for everyone else...
I have contacted both and it's very murky. I just worry that having such a great product can be ruined if the customers have a problem after the sale. Assuming that all owners will wrench on their own car is not the way to go. Many do not have the ability, space or desire to do so. Why would I...
I ran into a situation about 20 years ago. When I was riding my motorcycle, I was rear ended by someone at a stoplight. It broke my hip and left leg. So I was not in any shape to get around. When I was able to do it with limited mobility, I seen the world quite differently. I was pretty much...
That's a concern for me. Think about it. If someone buys a FUV, Solo or Kandi in my area and the gearbox takes a dump 2 weeks after I receive it, how does that get repaired? How does warranty work? I know I could fix it but if there's a warranty, it's not my problem, it's theirs. These are the...
I wonder what happens if i buy one and 2 weeks later it breaks down. Who fixes it? This is the same for the FUV and Solo. It's super exciting to see these new EV's but something like the FUV is not very FUV if it breaks down and there's nobody to work on it.
If you are into conspiracy theories, then Rivian will be out of business next week. Same for Atlis and Tesla. Not just the Big 3 but Big Oil will kill off any EV truck.
A friend of mine is a general manager at a Ford dealer, so I asked him what is the #1 selling Ford truck combo and price they sell. He told me it's the F150, XLT, 4 door, longbed, 4wd, 3.5l, towing package, some general option package and technology package. MSRP is around $55K. #2 selling truck...
Brazil is not the best example. PetroBras is a scam that is literally to export oil for cash and then the government used the ethanol for the people in their own country (which turned out to be a disaster). In the end, it never worked. Thus why Brazil has a massive economic problem. It is truly...
It's like with the Smart Car. There were these pics of parking two of them in a parking spot. In the real world, that doesn't happen and it never happens in Europe. It made for a great PR piece in the US though.
Then there's the Autolob that ended up going belly up in France. They made special...
Did you notice they still don't fit. The standard width of a parking spot ranges from 7.5' - 9.0'. So that means, those FUVS are sticking out between 5" and 23" into the road (which in my reality, that means a parking ticket or your rear wheel could get wiped out). Also, a parking spot is 18'...
You can't realistically park 3 FUV's in a regular parking space. I know the PR shots show you can buy in the real world, it's two. Just like with the Smart, two in a spot is a great PR shot but not a reality shot. You might be able to pull it off in Paris but there's no way it would ever happen...
The FUV is 113" long and 65" wide. Smart car is 106.1" long and 65.5" wide. It looks like the Smart Car is smaller and thus should be the car of choice then and since 2008. So, I'm wondering how the FUV will change the current attitude that we have in America for Smart Car.
You bring up an excellent point. Elio has the Elio my way. So you can pick whatever you want on the car. If you want to buy the base model, it's no problem. As for other car companies, you have packages and the base model ends up being the hardest one to get because they make a handful of them...
I'm going to fix that for you. Americans and Europeans have no appetite for small cars. I suggest going to Europe a few times and you'll see that the crossovers along with small SUV's are taking off like crazy. The micro and small cars that we remember them driving all over the place 20 years...
What you need to do is this. Search: "The Coolest Cooler Lawsuit" or "The Coolest Cooler Update". Just read this article and it shows that when you under price your backers model of a product, which end up being the first ones you ship, will run you out of money in a jiffy and you resort to...