My first comment was written in a rush and a bit glib. I've been following the auto industry over ten years professionally for two major blogs, and have followed Arcimoto since day one. Please note that I am very pro-EV. 

In these years covering all sorts of start-ups (and failures) I have never seen anything like Arcimoto. They showed a prototype ten years ago and started taking deposits. There's absolutely no doubt that if it weren't for the name Frohnmayer and the private investor pockets that it's opened, this misadventure would have shut down years ago, as they have utterly failed in all this time to bring a viable product to market. 

The EV market has profoundly matured since Arcimoto first showed its three-wheeler. One can buy very lightly used Nissan Leafs and other proper EVs for the $11,000 he's asking for his trike that has no real safety equipment, is not weather-proof, and is not really free-way compatible. 

There are already  EV bikes and trikes already on the market.