The Trillion Dollar Question

Oliver Bruce
Podcast
March 16, 2021

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This week, Oliver interviews Horace about the ‘Trillion Dollar Question’.With Arcimoto (who we’ve covered on episode 46) hitting a $1b market cap,and the recent article from RestofWorld covering the rise of low endChinese micro-EV’s, we wanted to circle back to the question of what willheavy micromobility - those vehicles in the 50-500kg category - look likeand why could they be where we find the defining vehicles of our time.Specifically we cover:- A quick summary of Horace’s research into carbon emission modelling formicromobility (more to come on this soon!)- How Horace and Oliver both got into micromobility- The rise of the Chinese low-end and what’s interesting about them- How small cars like the Gordon Murray T25 or the golf cars sit in‘no-mans-land’- Why the criteria for disruption in vehicle type might sometimes requiregetting creative with the rules, and being ‘unsafe’- The rise of Arcimoto and their creative interpretation of the rules- Why these vehicles will answer the ‘trillion dollar question’ when theyemerge, and why they’re inevitable.

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