Elon Musk smashed Arcimoto electric vehicle into brick wall

Tesla may be the world leader in electric four-wheelers, but CEO Elon Musk might still have a thing or two to learn about electric three-wheelers. Its first test run on an Arcimoto FUV electric car ended with it crashing into a brick wall, says Arcimoto CEO Mark Frohnmayer.

Elon Musk smashed Arcimoto into a brick wall

Frohnmayer explained in a recent interview with HyperChange that by the fall of 2019, Musk had gotten a little more than he bargained for in a test drive of Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV).

“Elon is the very first to plant an Arcimoto, a production Arcimoto,” explained Frohnmayer.

“He jumped into the driver’s seat of Adeo’s Arcimoto and quickly drove him into a brick wall,” Frohnmayer continued, referring to an FUV owned by Silicon Valley investor Adeo Ressi.

Elon was apparently not injured in the crash, and it took nearly a year for the incident to come to light.

At the rate that Arcimoto plans to ramp up its current low-volume production, perhaps a booming Arcimoto could not be missed. While the company only produced about 130 vehicles last year at its Eugene, Oregon plant, Arcimoto plans to increase production to 50,000 vehicles per year over the next two years.

Unlike most electric vehicles vying for mass production, however, the FUV is not a traditional four-wheeler.

The vehicle uses a tadpole trike design with a single rear wheel and a semi-enclosed cabin.

It can carry two occupants seated in tandem and offers a more thrilling ride somewhere between a motorcycle and a car.

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