Arcimoto, as an electric vehicle manufacturer, is committed to filling the gap in short-distance car travel products, and in 19 years, it released a scooter-grade two-seater three-wheeled electric car that looks like a golf cart and can be used for short-distance car travel, such a mini-electric car can be used for work or entertainment.
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Arcuit, which has a special love for tricycles, has launched another weird-looking electric tricycle this year, with unique features and functions, called Mean Lean Machine (MLM), the biggest highlight of this car is that it can tilt like a bicycle, in most electric tricycles are stable and immovable, MLM achieves flexible movement.
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"The tricycle needs to be tilted," Frohnmayer said. "Every three-wheeled vehicle architecture I see is either too complex, expensive, or equipped with strange accessories that make it unstable."
The flexible new tricycle allows riders to lean naturally and enjoy the thrill of riding, while improving safety and stability. As shown in the product launch video, the MLM can move its position freely like a normal two-wheeled bicycle.
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Each tire is equipped with a high torque hub motor
Each wheel of the MLM is equipped with an electric motor that accurately identifies and provides the desired braking force or driving force based on torque vectoring, which means that the vehicle can have greater stability, shorter braking distances, more flexible steering and stronger traction, and it can adapt to more terrain than a bicycle, whether it is grass, mud, woods or mountain, and is more flexible than a normal three-wheeler.
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It's also incredibly easy to get started, and if you take a while to familiarize yourself with your throttle and braking methods, you'll be able to handle it well.
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Tiltable electric three-wheeler
MLM is equipped with a unique suspension design that can be tilted like a traditional bicycle, but avoids the rollover events that may occur when the tilt angle is too large, making the ride more stable, while electric tricycles are too stiff and difficult to control when cornering, MLM is easy to walk on steep hills because of its special design.
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Fixed fitness mode
MLM's fixed charging feature of the pedal generator allows it to come with a super mode - fixed fitness bike mode. This means you can exercise while charging MLM's main drive battery.
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Like a versatile Peloton bike, charging the bike while doing riding exercises on the bike doesn't take up much space because it's fixed in one place.
Self-inductive acceleration
There's nothing on the handlebars of the bike, no shift lever, no throttle, because the MLM is equipped with a pedal generator that can control the speed instead of the conventional throttle. The innovative system then calculates how much power you need to get from the hub motor based on the speed of the pedal, and then transmits the power through the motor that is present on each tire.
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It is said that the motor in the current sample is only used for product testing, and the final product will be loaded with another motor at the front and rear rack connections of the vehicle.
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At present, the manufacturer has not yet revealed the full specifications of the MLM, saying that it will be announced at the end of this year, but it is said that the MLM will be equipped with auxiliary batteries, and when combined with auxiliary batteries, the cruising range of the tricycle can reach 200 miles, and the final product is designed to carry two passengers.
"Cars are too big and inefficient for everyday driving," said Jonathan Miller, Director of Communications at Arcimoto. "MLM fills the gap between e-bikes and cars,"
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Arcimoto is currently accepting reservations for $100, but there is no final offer for the vehicle at this time, and the deposit is fully refundable. The final finished product will be available by the end of the year, with specifications, prices, features and accessories also being released in the coming months.
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