I Bought 3 of The Most Fun EV Prototypes That We May Never See Again
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I'm one of the five people that bought your book, but I can't read so it's just for decoration.
I did not see his book I want it. Amazon?
@@davefelber8797 yup! I got it from Amazon.
I preordered it on audible.
I'm waiting for the movie version, I don't want to have to read something I'm looking at.
@@fozzyfatboyslim and I'm waiting for the burlesque adaptation Rich mentioned before
The camera work on the seatbelt scene was some of your finest
Impressive high beams fitted to the back seat there
@@stipitzahigh beams 😳😳
@@stipitzathe rally fog lights
The high quality grease nipples were the highlight of the whole video!
cameraman rich putting in the good work to make sure the viewers don't get bored
I mean when I see anyone in a Hellcat or Ram whatever I assume they have a lot to compensate for.The Arcimoto makes me think you need to stay the hell away from my mom.
If you think it's unsafe or something can't you just get her a helmet?
I’m worried about her riding something else
@@scuzzo7 💀
@@scuzzo7 Like a motorcycle? Those things are dangerous. This one has heated grips for your pleasure.
For the hellcat and trx I assume they stole them and are headed to a meetup in an intersection somewhere to do donuts.
Arcimoto was a cool idea, but not a well run business. I invested early, I test drove one, I visited their factory, and I decided $20k was way too much for this car. Seven years out from their IPO, they have failed to scale, failed to reduce their $20k price, failed to iterate meaningfully, and overall failed to make a compelling case to consumers.
Not to mention the stock is worth pennies on the dollar now. I was really pulling for them and also invested early and put down a deposit.
Also kept chasing the next shiny thing. I was at the 2022 “Ramp it Up” event and my heart sank when they started talking about the MLM.
I spent $600 of my ex wife's money on an Elio Motors t-shirt. I get it.
@@PygKLByeah they tried to do so much and who idea was it to buy Tilting Motor Works to make MLM..who idea was it to even name it MLM?
Like they went low key after they had to raise more money then went back as if they never had financial problems.
Then hire Fabio to run the company..like wtf
so they've succeeded?
I used to work for a tourist place which had electric tuctucs. That was so awful. The single front wheel and steering were shaking the whole way I thought I was going to die.
This looks so much better.
i hate bicycle-like vehicles that don't work as well as a cheap walmart kids bicycle.
One wheel needs to be on the rear. Lol
I’ve driven one. They are very solid and feel well-designed.
Sorry to be the one to tell you but you're still going to die.
Leenda was having so much fun.
She has a great laugh.
@@ourtexasfamilyvideos62I love her big beautiful smile too
She looks so much nicer when she's not wearing a pound of makeup with fake nails and lips and hair color. Woof
Legit best time of my life hahahaha no lie
I would like one of those Arcimotos. That looks like hella fun.
Leenda was having the time of her life 😂.
Can we start calling the Charger "General Sod?" Thanks.
🤣🤣🤣🤣I love it!!
Leenda makes the videos so much more funnier 😂😂😂
And sexier. Which isnt hard.
@@JeffKopis haha
@@JeffKopis You must be really desperate.
That's the reason she's in the videos, for her humor.
I'm LOVING the book and had no idea you were Trini as well and a lot of what you talk about I completely understood as I grew up over here as well from a Trini background. Thanks for sharing your story :)
I used to work in Arcimoto engineering. The FUV is hacked together and i dont trust it at all.
One of the worst issues is the fact that it cant sleep, and will waste like 300mA even when turned off..
A lot has probably been fixed but there are a lot of bugs still on the road!
Looked more solid than the Titan sub, at least. What's the part that's dangerous?
Disgruntled ex-employee claims their previous employer is bad.
Surprised Pikachu face.
Why no doors?
it doesn't rain in Oregon 😂😂
@@rossr6616lived there for half a year, my car was growing MOSS on the roof!!!
This drivetrain shoved in the back of a honda beat would make for a really fun little runabout
No! Put it in the front of a second gen CRX
Sir, with respect to the 'puddle' on the trailing arm. It may be sufficient to melt some candle wax into the depression to fill it and make the water run off.
Leave that in the sun on a hot day and bye bye wax, if anything a hot glue gun would be more effective
@@joey_f4ke238 Lots of things could work. A quick shot of expanding foam to fill the void, a little bondo over top, some black paint.... oooooh yyeeaaaahhhhhh
Easy fixes all round.
@@joey_f4ke238 Sun, never heard of it.
@@RobertJeffersonBased ramen noodles. Don't forget the ramen noodles.
I love how buddy was trying to flip that thing wearing a ball cap. Have you learned nothing since almost killing our beloved Stevon?
I was going to say the same! Thought it was Stevo Von 2.0
they DID kill him
Where were you when I owned stock in the company?
Yeah, a little late...
The stock reached $600 a share a couple years back. Now it's $2
@@DaBuffNerd 0.12$...
@@Sam-pq3oy damn 😂
@@Sam-pq3oy $0.09
My plan is to get an old beater I can wrench on for like two grand, keep a set of Harbor Fright tools in the back, and keep it on the road for an eternity.
I got a 2500 dollar 1997 camry auto no powered doors locks or mirrors or anything back in November and I've driven it 13000 miles and haven't even changed the oil yet 😂. Cheap reliable beaters are awesome
I was watching this and trying not to crack up and laugh, you know, get some good information from Uncle Rich... I couldn't get past the "as wide as one fat person" and on and on... cracking me up!
Seeing your hand drawn no u turn sign in your lot after you tried to flip a vehicle in your neighbour’s is just comical
That's one lucky seat that Leenda was sitting in!
🫶🏼
@@LeendaLuciathe seat belts were just as
The description of how you are seen driving these vehicles is just hilarious 👌👏😂
This is your best video yet Rich. Its all about SMALLER vehicles that are AERODYNAMIC and EFFICIENT. Long maximum distances !
What's crazy is that electric motor began development in 1998 and was financed through the provincially owned public utility Hydro-Quebec, which is technically government funds or taxpayer dollars and then they just gave it away to Dana.
RIP Arcimoto. They were fun little vehicles to ride around in LA.
They are not quite dead yet. Just auctioned off a bunch of equipment, keeping enough to be able to work on one vehicle at a time. We’ll see…
This is one of the best channels on CZcams.
My 1993 mazda Mx3 has been my third Mx3 its great on gas and cheap on insurance. Sadly it's age is getting to it.
Your very lucky to have the means to have these things, im glad you realise these kind of choices should change... Keep up the good work and spreading the good information.
Man! Leenda is gorgeous
aww thank you!!!
I live in eugene, and Ive been seeing these for about 10 years now, and they are super cool. They only thing about them that i dont like is the price, they are kind of expensive. Folks are getting them for half price lately, as the company is trying to liquidate and resize.
Ive driven one, but just a couple minutes on gravel, but I hear that they are insanely fast (like 80mph in a city block or so). I found the regen brake takes a little getting used to the delay, but I only got like 10 minutes with it.
I live in Seal Rock and see a few of these on the 101 and in Newport
I do like the idea of my 1 seat commuter car having room for 3 more people, SOMETIMES, and having a ton of space for bulky items but not necessarily heavy items.
I want an egg van: bubbly aerodynamic shape, lightweight with easily removable seats i can leave at home most of the time, and enough cargo space for the 4x8 sheet of plywood plus enough height to sleep on it (2-3 feet). Basically a true modern vw microbus (not this overcooked buzz thing)
Just get a van. But you're just gonna get a pickup anyway
honda jazz
@@h8GW i would get a pickup with a camper shell if they were more like modern cars and less like baby delivery trucks. The hybrid Ford Maverick is pretty close though.
my ideal car would be a lot like a lifted Prius V with a skidplate, or some kind of modern citroen 2cv
Bondo the swingarm so it's pitched, then bling it blue
Now I want one.
@@jasonthomashorn4794i want one too
The arcimoto logo and the colour scheme really make this thing look like a delivery vehicle lol
Yet the rear box looks too shallow for pizzas.
They had a delivery variant that ditched the rear seat for a larger cargo area. It was meant for city deliveries and emergency services (as a first response kind of vehicle). Not sure if those ever made it to market.
40 in a golf cart feels like 100...
You should use the motor for another hotrod because the one you sold was fire. 🔥
I absolutely love my Arcimoto FUV. I drive it more often than my Rivian for around-town uses. I won’t give it up for anything.
It’s just sad that the company was badly mismanaged and even if it is officially still in business, it’s not likely to be for much longer.
Love these 3 wheel ev things! Wish I had some extra space to properly store one.
Did you do this voiceover while talking into a pillow?
Haha 😂, i had to listen on headphones, the sound levels were too low
11,500 miles on my Arcimoto in just a year and a half. It’s fun in the snow too!
rich you ARE a criminal.
you stole my heart.
lol
🥰
0:23 thanks for talking about it and bringing awarness.
these big ass cars for no reason.
If you want to try tipping a reverse trike, just back it down a sloped driveway and turn hard.
Lol
The best thing about it for YOU Rich, is that nobody thinks you stole it 😂.
This is the most honest video by a US citizen I have seen yet.
He’s a US citizen? I just assumed criminal
@@dontbackup9489 they're one in the same...🤣🤣🤣
I genuinely stereotype people in RAMs so hard. Everyone in a RAM will forever be that asshole who cut me off and then tried to fight me when i flipped him off and sideswiped me when i took off
Air conditioning is impressive 😘
Wow that trunk is huge, it fitted in the whole print run of that guys book.
I love this thing! I love small EVs. The sound the motor makes in the golf kart is awesome as well!
Leenda lips look ready to explode😂
I'm finna explode on them joints fr
@@deejooo8213??? ☠️
She had some taken off her cheeks to fill her lips
totally bro lol
@@deejooo8213 lmaoooooo
Hi Rich
They have been making prototypes since 2012. I was afraid to order one because I thought it would be another 3wheeler we would never see make it to production.
I just bought a small electric Renault Twizy in the Netherlands, and I love it. Small and nimble just makes sense (as a second car 😅)
What happened to Steve-on??????
Fishing trip
My EV is smaller than this... It's an Alltrack M3 HD.. bet you never heard of that one 😂
Looks cool, like Johnny 5 in Short Circuit 2.
The message in the first 1m30s is spot on! This message overlaps a lot with the concept called micro mobility. I would like to see more reviews like this, great video 👍.
BTW, where you were trying to determine a top speed: The software limits it to 84 mph to protect the motors.
Some of the earliest models don't have a software limit, just the actual motor rev limit. (I've had mine up to 87 before deciding watching the battery % meter counting down one per second was going to mean if I didn't take the next exit, I wouldn't be able to make it back home.)
Did my girl have lip Injections and botox. Several areas of her face didn’t move when she was laughing. And with the lipstick, those lips are bigger than what is needed. She was so fine and had to Mess it up with cosmetic procures.
Yeah definitely looks strange, she was better looking before
I Live over 50 miles one way and commute with my wife 3 days a week. I purchased a used Tesla about seven months ago it has saved me a butt load of $$$ on gas
Yes! Invest in a solar car port and you can drive for even less! Do it yourself with a couple of 12v batteries and a 3000w inverter and you’ve only spent a thousand or 2, and get to save 50$ a month!
@@SonneyLouis first thing i did when i purchased my Tesla was to have the charger put in my garage. I already have solar at my house(paid off) so total PG&E bill is like 60.00 bucks a month
I wanted one of these when they were announced but they only offered them as fleet vehicles. I commute to work and this was a great alternative to my motorcycle.
Same
I really wish I had the money to buy a EV vehicle of some sort... I don't learn very well through books... I've always been Hands-On... Like the regenerative braking system... I really want to work on one... Always an inspiration rich thank you
"I'm going to give this an upgrade" oh good, he's getting rid of those disgusting blue rims...oh wait, he's creating those disgusting blue rims...
Wanna drive my LC500? I'm in mass
yes
@@SalemTechsperts you can drive it too man!
That looks like an JBL 8 channel DSP amplifier. That's some good stuff there.
Would that sub have left the passenger's butt feeling like a hand that had been holding a sander for too long?
Leenda had her High Beams on in this video 😛
but Rich you can buy used old leaf for 3k and a new battery 40kwh for around 6k so end up in 9-11k range with a decent ev, why this cheesy ass bucket that is unsafe at best on a highway ?
I'm here
I PURCHASED THE BOOK TODAY ON AMAZON...BE HERE TOMORROW.
That looks like so much fun. Not sure how it'd handle cold, snowy Canadian winters, though.
Our infrastructure needs to change significantly before EVs make sense. Without the means to charge at home (apts, etc), they are logistically a horrible choice, especially in poorer areas where there might be one charging station in 20 miles or more. I am surprised there wasn't a program (or laws) to incentivize gas stations to install charging stations.
But if you’re able to charge at home like me, then owning a gasoline or a hybrid car is ignorant or quite possibly stupid. That’s my opinion and I stand on it.
@@OpinionatedOG184 For short range commutes, sure, but you've missed my point. For those of us that don't have access to home charging or where there aren't any stations to speak of, it's completely impractical and doesn't make sense. No need to attack people because you think you're right.
@@dansouth1973 Yeah but that's a weird argument. Vehicles are not meant to be one-size fits all works for every single person. Full size pickup trucks with 4 doors and an 8ft bed are also impractical and don't make sense but many people still buy them anyway. Same thing with soccer moms buying Enormous SUVs instead of a normal family sedan. But for me, I drive 30 miles each way to work, and that's about it. I could easily make an EV work without ever needing a charging station. Combustion engines used to be the same way, you couldn't just take off and drive in any direction you wanted expecting there to be gas stations around, it took time before the infrastructure caught up.
@@KingJerbear Right, "you" could easily, but anyone without a house or not living near a metro sized area cannot. And bringing up combustion engines is a 100 year old comparison, that there were no other alternatives then besides literal horse-powered means of city travel. Rich himself has made videos on how EV manufacturers actively screw over their customers at every level. And if you want to try to find any high ground arguing for EV, look up African lithium mining.
@@dansouth1973 Okay but how is that any different from the lithium in the cell phone battery in your pocket? I'm not saying EV's are perfect, or that they are for everyone. Just simply that shunning them because they don't work for you personally is just being foolish. Range has doubled in the last 10 years. What's it gonna be like in another 10? Or when they develop a new more powerful battery type then lithium ion? I used to mark out underground utilities for large electrical installs and we were marking out about 2 EV Charging stations every week. And we were one small company. The tech is improving, the infrastructure is improving, and combustion engines are staying the same.
Love your vids. Thanks for keeping me an ICE driver for life.
If you get 12 mpg and you drive the American average you could spend over 4000$ dollars a year on gas, so yea let’s keep this black hole going! 😂😂😂
Always wanted one, now I can live vicariously through you
Make doors for that thing, not for safety reason but aero dynamic. Bet you that thing will be way more efficient at high speed with doors than no doors.
0 views bro fell off
Never heard this one before... 🙄
Cuck
Posted 4 minutes ago, b*tch.
@@Xenzerreally? Wow!
Says a bot with no name. 😂
Really enjoyable and thought-provoking video.
I'm no kind of tree hugger, but I'd say our society has an unsustainable need for comfort.
I like how you break things down and say it like it is.
2:36 The car getting passed: "What IS that THING?"
Those vehicles are great! They need to push more towards families that live in areas where bike ways are available. Lots of those out there. These would be great pool and grocery runners.
Love that even though you own a McLaren, you still enjoy things like the Arcimoto. Don't sell out like the other CZcamsrs out there who wouldn't dare play with anything non exotic once they have a cool car
Rich doin legit stand up with those criminal lines
Ha! Ocala... I was cheesing the whole time you were riding with POV!! And the two wheel action! This video has everything! Husky dinguses, thumbs-ups from other bikers...all that.
This is not the take I was expecting but it just makes me respect you more. Also, yeah I would also have one if they weren’t so expensive. A decade ago they were projecting the price at $8400 and well, we see how that turned out.
10:30 - I've driven my FUV pretty darn hard, and taken plenty a corner fast enough that the inner wheel lifted off. Have never felt like it would actually flip. (Note that during development, Arcimoto *DID* flip one - going hard around a corner on a racetrack, dropping the outer wheel off the pavement onto the grass, and it rolled - they changed the driving dynamics to prevent that from happening. The driver was fine.)
Also, I know of two FUV owners who have been in nasty accidents - both walked away fine. One was T-boned by an SUV doing 45, causing their FUV to roll. The FUV driver was in his 80s. No injuries other than minor abrasions. FUV wasn't even totaled!
Arcimoto actually rang a bell ... less for the product, but the founder was the lead programmer for Tribes 2.
2:52 love my uncle Rich, he know how to say it as it is.
Cameraman Rich is a Man of culture 🥂
That flat green paint job is so dope.
12:25 ... "Now rock back and forth, get all the "pollen" out for me..." 😏😉😅
it was a trap lmao
what about Organic Transit? It is a Light EV that was based in North Carolina it was the first EV to have solar panel be a part of the design. Even being a solar-powered e-bike. Still out of Braintree, MA should come to check it out, Rich.
@LeendaLucia for the win! She made the video! 🎉
Been watching Rich from the beginning...he hasn't changed and never misses a punchline! OG youtuber👍
Rich you always find these really cool cars
True! Thanks for the video 👍
Super cool!! and how much fun were all you having!? especially Leenda... I dodally get way and I really wanted one of them, and will be building something very similar for my next EV build.
What a fun machine!
It's like a Xbreed between a Renault Twizzy and a classic Morgan 3cycle from the 1920's. I luv it!
Good ol' Pheasant Lane Mall EV Charging station - lucky you could get those things to work at all! Haha.
Love it! That thing looks fun as hell!
Some amazing quotes: "This is literally better built than a McLaren." "Nine times out of ten, if it's not raining or snowing I'm taking the Arcimoto over the Rivian or the Porsche."
Man when he met those other trikers on his Kvasimodo it was heaven and meant to be
That horn - toot toot 😂
I test drove the FUV. Your arms will get a workout with the low speed steering.
Looks super fun.
Yes that is pure madness, that trike was beautiful.
That GEM with the upgrades would be perfect for those that live in "small" communities that just need to go a few blocks to get around. An example would be "Old Town" in Orlando, FL.
Oooh. I want that Roadster. Already owned 2 motorcycle EV's, and still ride and love my Livewire. I at least would love to test ride it if possible, Rich 🙏
Yes! thank you, smaller = better. Public transport good!