Electrameccanica Plans 400 EVs for 2017

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Robert Pogson

“Electra Meccanica SOLO Delivery Dates
Car Number: *Estimated Delivery Date:
1 – 50 Q2 – 2017
51 – 100 Q3 – 2017
101 – 400 Q4 – 2017
401 – 800 Q1 – 2018″
 
See Delivery DatesShucks. I hoped to be in on the first 1000 Solo EVs but I could be too late. They are already stacked up until Q1 2018. There’s still a small window of opportunity for the first 1000 but 2018? I still haven’t made up my mind… Now I have to worry whether I will live long enough to take delivery… 😉

About Robert Pogson

I am a retired teacher in Canada. I taught in the subject areas where I have worked for almost forty years: maths, physics, chemistry and computers. I love hunting, fishing, picking berries and mushrooms, too.
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5 Responses to Electrameccanica Plans 400 EVs for 2017

  1. dougman says:
    January 12, 2017 at 6:12 am

    “I suggest that you impose a rule of “only one pay now, acquire never” project at a time.”

    May I suggest a more reasonable approach? Delivery in 1-2 days!

    https://www.amazon.com/Concept-6-volt-Electric-Ride-White/dp/B00QM8IBF0/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1484223081&sr=8-11&keywords=car

  2. dougman says:
    January 12, 2017 at 6:09 am

    “How many small businesses have a year-long order book?”

    How many SMB’s go under and leave the buyer hanging? Hell even large companies have done it.

    http://www.autonews.com/article/20150727/OEM01/307279962/dodge-cancels-unfilled-15-hellcat-orders-doubles-16-output

  3. Kurkosdr says:
    January 12, 2017 at 3:07 am

    How many small businesses have a year-long order book?

    Every “pay now, acquire never” Kickstarter hardware project out there.

    Only year-long? So these guys are supposed to do a massive R&D prototype, get the tooling, set up an assembly line and a delivery channel just to serve the ultra-niche market of the people who crowdfunded this vehicle and then fold due to lack of interest?

    And this is why Kickstarter hardware projects are mostly a scam. Unless they overshoot their target multiple times which will prove a genuine market exists to support a viable company, your gadget will not be made.

    I suggest that you impose a rule of “only one pay now, acquire never” project at a time. In other words, hold off from such purchases till you get delivery of your Cello or it is officially cancelled. This should keep you from making any more such purchases for more than you can imagine.

  4. Robert Pogson says:
    January 11, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    dougman wrote, “the entire project scrapped with no refunds.”

    OTOH, the project seems well-funded, scaling nicely and living within its means. Starting this year, they will actually have revenue that should help. How many small businesses have a year-long order book?

  5. dougman says:
    January 11, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    *All delivery dates are subject to change without notice.

    I am willing to bet and almost certain the dates will slip. Then there will be some existential crisis that rears it head, then the coup d’etat will be blamed on government regulations being too restriction and the entire project scrapped with no refunds.

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