SKR— cheap city electric car from an American company Arcimoto

The urban electric vehicle equipped with a pair of electric motors that are powered by the included lithium-ion battery capacity of 12 kilowatt-hours. The batteries are located under the floor that provides the "optimal center of mass". American company Arcimoto introduced the urban electric car, which is called SKR.

A tricycle, designed for two people, costs from 11 thousand 900 dollars.--vid1--



The return of engines unknown. In Arcimotor noted only that from standstill to 96 kilometers per hour SKR accelerates in 7.5 seconds. The maximum speed of the electric tricycle is 136 kilometers per hour.

 


Optional for SKR available battery capacity of 20 kilowatt-hours, increasing the range of up to 208 km and the body panels covering the cabin. Customers can also order the freight version with cargo compartment in the back.



The publication Wired noted that SKR officially considered a motorcycle, so electrocare do not need to conform to the safety standards applied to cars. At the same time to control Arcimotor special tricycle driver's license will be required only in some States of the USA.

Sales of SKR, the development of which the company Arcimoto was involved in all eight years of its existence, will begin in the U.S. in late 2016-early 2017.

In December 2014 available three-wheeled electric car was going to release the company DeltaWing. It was assumed that the cost model will be 15 thousand dollars. Machine wanted to use for car sharing. Cheap trehkolesnyj develops and firm Elio Motors. Its value should be 6.8 thousand dollars. In this case it is driven not by an electric motor, and a 0.9-liter gasoline engine. Its flow rate should be 2.8 liters per hundred kilometers. published

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Source: motor.ru/news/2015/10/19/skr/