{"id":29819,"date":"2023-04-21T22:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2023\/04\/21\/three-wheeled-ev-startup-arcimoto-shuffles-leadership-again\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:07:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:07:27","slug":"three-wheeled-ev-startup-arcimoto-shuffles-leadership-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2023\/04\/21\/three-wheeled-ev-startup-arcimoto-shuffles-leadership-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-wheeled EV startup Arcimoto shuffles leadership again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/20\/three-wheeled-ev-startup-arcimoto-shuffles-leadership-again\/<\/a><\/br>
\nThree-wheeled EV startup Arcimoto shuffles leadership again<\/br>
\n2023-04-21 22:07:26<\/br><\/p>\n

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A newish leadership team is taking over at Arcimoto<\/a>, a Eugene, Oregon\u2013based startup that makes doorless, three-wheeled electric vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the company said that board member Chris Dawson<\/a> will step in as CEO, replacing interim CEO Jesse Fittipaldi. Arcimoto added that Fittipaldi will stick around as president and report to Dawson going forward. <\/span><\/p>\n

Two executives also recently left the company \u2014 former chief financial officer Doug Campoli and former chief experience officer Lynn Yeager. Plus, Arcimoto\u2019s product head Dwayne Lum is now the company\u2019s chief operating officer.<\/span><\/p>\n

An Arcimoto staffer since 2015, Fittipaldi assumed the interim role in August<\/a>, weeks after police reportedly slapped Arcimoto founder and former CEO Mark Frohnmayer with a DUI citation, according to Oregon news outlet the Register-Guard<\/a>. Around this time, Dawson joined<\/a> the startup\u2019s board.<\/p>\n

Who is Chris Dawson?<\/h2>\n

Arcimoto said in a statement that its incoming CEO \u201cmost recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nikola Tesla Co.\u201d Crucially, \u201cNikola Tesla Co.\u201d is not associated with Nikola Corporation or Tesla Inc.<\/p>\n

Complicating matters (at least for this reporter), Arcimoto said that Dawson also spent five years at Tesla (the Musk one) working on \u201cbattery production, the Model S\/X line and Model 3 general assembly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a call with TechCrunch, Dawson said he \u201cwas a big Nikola Tesla fan\u201d growing up. When I explained that I was puzzled by the name\u2019s similarity to the aforementioned EV companies, Dawson said, \u201cYou\u2019re right that it is confusing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cEvery other day, I\u2019ve got to kind of correct somebody as to my level of engagement with Tesla, because what also makes it confusing is that I spent a long period of time with Tesla.\u201d I reached out to Tesla Inc. for more information, but I doubt I\u2019ll hear back, given the dissolution<\/a> of its media team.<\/p>\n

Arcimoto\u2019s press release described<\/a> Nikola Tesla Co. as an \u201cengineering services company with projects that include electrification, hybridization, EV charging, hydrogen powertrain development, hydrogen powered VTOL, hydrogen power systems, fuel cell and hydrogen electrolyzer development.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dawson said the Texas-based corporation does consultancy work, but added that \u201cwe\u2019re really more of a hands-on type organization.\u201d According to the Dawson, Nikola Tesla Co.\u2019s clients included a drone company called Tesla Aerial Robotics<\/a> and the Department of Defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked for more details on his connection with the DoD, Dawson said, \u201cI can\u2019t go into a lot of detail, but generally, it is electrification, hybridization of current tactical equipment that is on the battlefield, as these different DoD organizations try to transition both to green more sustainable solutions, but also better.\u201d TechCrunch reached out to the DoD for confirmation and will update this story when we hear back.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for Arcimoto?<\/h2>\n

Arcimoto ended 2022 with less than half a million dollars in cash on hand, warning investors in its annual report<\/a> that it had \u201csubstantial doubt about [its] ability to continue\u201d operating. Yet, earlier this year, the firm secured $18 million in additional funds via two<\/a> separate<\/a> raises, and said it would start shipping new EVs in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Dawson, Arcimoto is now producing new vehicles every single week. He said the company cut costs over the past several months by laying off or ending contracts with about 200 people. The company has about 110 people on staff today, added Dawson.<\/p>\n

The incoming CEO told TechCrunch, \u201cWe believe, toward the end of the year, that we\u2019ll be able to be \u2014 at a product level \u2014 profitable. And those pieces are really the bones that we need to move this forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about future products, Dawson said Arcimoto is focused on its existing vehicles<\/a>, which include its consumer-focused Fun Utility Vehicle and a delivery-focused version called the Deliverator.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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