Arcimoto Get $4.5m to Make Golf-Cart Like EV

Buyer Beware.

Arcimoto, Inc. (NASDAQ: FUV) announced today that it has raised $4.5 million in funding and is now targeting production of three-wheel “Fun Utility Vehicles” for retail customers in Q1 2019. The expected base price is ~$12,000.

The financing, led by FOD Capital, LLC, included the purchase of 500,000 shares of Arcimoto’s common stock at a purchase price of $3.00 per share, as well as the issuance of a $3.0 million senior secured note, which bears 10% interest over a one-year term, and a warrant to purchase 942,857 shares of registered FUV common stock for $3.50 per share.

“This financing will allow Arcimoto to take the next critical step: the semi-automated manufacture, assembly, and delivery of our first retail vehicles,” claimed Mark Frohnmayer, President and Founder of Arcimoto. It will begin delivering on 3,250 customer pre-orders, (only $100 deposit is needed) as well as deploy rental fleets in key cities.

Arcimoto’s current pre-order deposits represent ~$49 million in anticipated sales revenue for the Company if the pre-order customers actually buy a $12,000 three-wheeler..

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Headquartered and manufactured in Eugene, Oregon, Arcimoto, Inc. claims it is devising new technologies and patterns of. Available for pre-order today, Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle is said to be one of the lightest and most affordable, electric vehicles.

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