Swedish electric vehicle business Uniti will unveil its very first electric cars and truck in the metal at its brand new production facility in Landskrona on 7 December. The plan is to then put the new cars and truck on sale in early 2019.
Set up by Australian-born entrepreneur Lewis Horne in 2016, the crowdfunded start-up revealed its intentions to create a light EV for the milennial market. The cars and truck is made of carbon fibre as well as bio composite materials as well as contains features such as a completely electronic steering system as well as a full-screen augmented truth head-up display.
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The Uniti cars and truck will have a 186-mile variety as well as is offered in a two-seat or four-seat configuration. It has a dry weight of just 450kg as well as includes a target cost of €20,000 (£17,800).
The crowdfunding effort was stated to be record-breaking with over 1,000 investors pledging funds totalling around £18.5 million. A partnership was set up with electronics giant Siemens, as well as Uniti currently has 915 reservations from clients for its car.
The grand unveiling of Uniti’s cars and truck will take location together with the presentation of the firm’s new production facility in the southern Swedish city of Landskrona. most of 2018 will be spent planning production as well as evaluating the prototyping process before the very first batch of light EV’s is provided to clients in early 2019.
Landskrona was selected as an suitable place for the plant after Uniti consulted with market leaders as well as stakeholders. It is in close proximity to major Swedish cities such as Malmo as well as Lund in addition to the Danish funding of Copenhagen.
Founder as well as CEO Lewis Horne CEO said: “Landskrona is an suitable hub for producing as well as assembling our products. It is remove that the city has strong ambitions to ended up being a new innovation centre in the region, as well as they definitely have the resources to accomplish this.”
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