[nimblemotors]

I started working on this EZOne3 about 8 years ago.
The car is now being finished, and I plan to launch a kickstarter campaign in a couple months to start production of a kit to build them.

The real key to any car is the body, and the primary reason for a kickstarter is to raise the funds to pay for making the molds to produce a lightweight and inexpensive body. In addition, I will be producing 'version two' of the car that will use Prius components and have almost everything wireless and electronically controlled, for example, no mechanical steering, which frees up space significantly in a car this size, and should make room to carry two persons.

I will reveal the completed body in a week or so, but wanted to get started on getting some feedback on the plan. The questions are mostly how to structure the kit. I'm thinking I will offer just the body itself, no chassis or drivetrain.
And maybe just the drivetrain also?
Any feedback appreciated. Just getting started on the marketing, so excuse the lack of details and polish, but have updated my website after 8 years of not having touched it!
Nimble Motorsports Home of the EZOne3 Electric Kit Car

The current 'version one' of the car without body or batteries as shown weighs in at 490 lbs (yes Duncan, I actually weighed it) using the Geo Metro components.

 

[samwichse]

Those front strut towers are screaming for a connecting brace or some kind of triangulation. That current setup looks brutal on the two frame welds.

I hope you're planning on a proper car tire/wheel for the future rear wheel, otherwise you're in for some really tail-happy behavior under hard cornering conditions.

Seems like you could cut about a foot off the length of the car by pushing the cockpit/future-firewall forward toward the front suspension components.

Drive by wire steering in the future model? No thank you. Literally (I think) no one is doing this. Infiniti has a model or that sort of does it, but it maintains the entire mechanical system as a fallback... which saves you no space. They spent bank (and 10 years) developing it, it came out on the '14MY, and it looks like it will be discontinued on the '16.

 

[MalibuMan]

I would move the (heavy) batteries between the wheels. Maybe behind the seat?
And they look like lead batteries, so replace them with Li-ion.