Company
Open Motors® is a B2B company, backed by Y Combinator, based in Silicon Valley and Beijing, developing a complete Electric Vehicle called ‘EDIT‘.
‘EDIT’ is a strategic EV, engineered and cost optimized for MaaS providers (Uber/DiDi), that has:
- the lowest TCO (Total cost of ownership) thanks to the advanced modular technology of the entire vehicle based on an open architecture, including swappable batteries that allow a full energy charge in less than 5 minutes
- the lowest cost of infrastructure for swapping and charging stations (>10 times more efficient than BetterPlace, Tesla, NIO Swapping battery)
- hardware upgradeability for the most advanced technologies in Self-Driving, Connected Cars and Batteries giving every vehicle a 10 times lifespan over other cars.
Mission
Open Motors’ mission is to accelerate MaaS’ transition to first profitability at scale with an open and sustainable approach.
Founders
Worked for Giugiaro (among the top Engineering & Design companies Worldwide, now owned by Volkswagen, famous for engineering and designing vehicles such as Lamborghini, Maserati, Lotus, Volkswagen Golf, Delorean DMC).
Developed: project management of a complete Electric Vehicle called MyCar back in 2003, as an internal project in Giugiaro, the entire project was sold to an Asian Group called Innovech, later sold it to an American Group called Green Tech.
Involved in the MyCar Electric Vehicle project in Giugiaro since 2003: purchasing parts from Tier 1 suppliers, managing external contractors.
Over 30 years of experience in automotive both in Europe and Asia. Worked for Italdesign Giugiaro since 1999, and in the R&D of vehicles for remarkable companies such as Lamborghini, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Brilliance, etc.
He contributed in the set up of new car projects for several Chinese car manufacturers. Among others, Qoros in Shanghai, developing successfully 4 production cars (SUV, Hatch, and Sedan) and several Chinese EV startups.
Team Experience
We involved more than 35 people
Timeline
Advisors
Y Combinator
Startup Accelerator
Plug and Play
Startup Accelerator
ReadWrite Lab
Hardware Startup Accelerator
Simone Cicero
Open Source Strategist