Stark Drive In China
Hello Backers!
What a whirlwind trip it has been so far. Approximately 24 hours from my home, Sweden to our factory in China. I arrived extremely jet lagged but was determined to get as much done as possible. My first day here I have managed to visit both factories that are producing Stark Drive and have met with both Factory owners whom are also brothers. I have several video updates but the connection speeds where i am are extremely slow and I will have to wait until i return to post these. Here you see us enjoying a warm cup of excellent Chinese tea.
These brothers love electric bikes as much as we do at Stark Drive, and one of the most impressive things i have noticed since i have been here is that there is no one that uses petrol powered mopeds, everyone travels with electric powered bicycles, mopeds, or cargo carriers. In this respect they are light years ahead of us in Scandinavia and the rest of the world.
As you can see both this factory, and the sister factory (run by the factory owners brother) specialize in electric bikes of all shapes and sizes. We were fortunate to find a factory with their credentials and experience for the price that we agreed to. I want to especially thank our team in china lead by Lance for his hard work in negotiating the agreements that allowed to make available the most affordable electric bike in the world.
WE also have some exciting news which will be talked about more in-depth in the near future but for those that have read our Master Plan you will know that we intend to launch a mini version of our bike in 2018. Of course we must uphold our principles of the most affordable electric bikes in the world and our initial intention was to launch this at the the price of $399 making it super affordable but as always we strive to make the unbelievable happen and improve with every iteration of our product.
Currently its looking extremely likely that in 2018 we will be able to launch Stark Drive Mini with a slightly shorter range with an appearance similar to the photos, completely foldable weighing in at only 10kg for the extremely unbelievable price of $299 US! We will be launching via crowdfunding through Kickstarter. We will shortly be launching a signup list for those that are interested in our upcoming launch. This will serve to be an unbelievable 1/3 the price of our potato loving competitors to the south in Denmark. This is the perfect electric bike for the last mile, super light, foldable, and lasts about 45km with pedal assist or about 15km on pure electric.
Once again, the whole Stark Drive Team want to thank our backers for making all of this possible.
Yours Truly,
Stark Drive Team
Stark Drive LLC
