Just as Tesla is preparing to go private, another electric vehicle startup, Electra Meccanica, is announcing plans to go public in order to bring the SOLO electric three-wheeler and Tofino electric roadster to market. expand full story

Roadsters are a great segment of passenger cars to electrify yet, there’s no option on the market right now.

Of course, Tesla is working on its next-generation Roadster, but it’s turning into more of a supercar than a regular Sunday drive 2-seater convertible.

Electra Meccanica has been coming up with its Tofino that would fit that description, but it now also teases a new electric roadster based on the Porsche 356. expand full story

Just over a year and a half after Canada’s Electra Meccanica first unveiled their single seat EV, deliveries of the SOLO have now begun in the US after recently receiving certification for sale in the country.

The SOLO is a three wheeled EV that feels like a luxury electric car, but is technically registered as a motorcycle. expand full story

Electra Meccanica, the electric division of the formerly Italian (now based in Canada) automaker InterMeccanica, is going forward with the development of a new all-electric roadster called Tofino.

At the Vancouver Auto Show this week, a year after unveiling the first renders of the vehicle, they unveiled the chassis of their development car.  expand full story

Earlier this year, Electra Meccanica, the electric division of the formerly Italian (now based in Canada) automaker InterMeccanica, finally started deliveries of its ~$15,000 all-electric three-wheeler, the SOLO. But the vehicle has been in low volume production and only a handful of units have been delivered so far.

Now Electra Meccanica announced this week that they signed a manufacturing agreement to bring the car to volume production as soon as next year. expand full story

It’s about a year late, but it now seems to be truly coming to market. Electra Meccanica, the electric division of the formerly Italian (now based in Canada) automaker InterMeccanica, first planned to bring its ~$15,000 all-electric three-wheeler, the SOLO, to production during summer 2016, but it is now going through federal certification for the United States and Canada.

CEO Jerry Kroll says that it will be certified by the end of the month and they should be able to start deliveries a few weeks later. expand full story

At the Vancouver Auto Show today, Electra Meccanica, the electric division of the formerly Italian (now based in Canada) automaker InterMeccanica, has announced today a new all-electric roadster called Tofino.

The company claims that the vehicle will have a range of up to 400 km (250 miles) on a single charge and a starting price of $50,000 Canadian (~$37,000 USD). expand full story

We have been talking about the SOLO for a while now, but it’s finally here. Today, Electra Meccanica unveiled the version production its all-electric 3-wheeler in Vancouver. We get a good look at the final design of the one-seater commuter with a ridiculously small footprint. expand full story

After a few delays leading to production, Electra Meccanica appears to be ready to bring its all-electric three-wheeler, the SOLO, to market. The Vancouver-based company now scheduled the launch for September 9th, 2016 and the company now lists an official MSRP of $19,888 CAD ($15,150 USD) for the 2017 SOLO. expand full story

Back in April, we reported on Electra Meccanica CEO Jerry Kroll announcing that the company plans to start low-volume production of its all-electric three-wheeler, the Solo, in June 2016. We are now in June and the company is pushing the start of production to July, but this week, Electra Meccanica announced that it successfully completed the first round of track tests on its production chassis. expand full story