Heavy $SOLO enthusiast here.

The car was designed as a “digital twin” (constructed and tested within CAD across multiple people worldwide) and has been a very long term project for the company. 63 cars were shipped this year, down from 65 the previous one, but this is mainly ElectraMecc’s choice as according to IR, they were seriously testing the vehicles they built before main rollout.

Safety is actually extremely heavily researched by the company, exceeding the specifications set by the markets they aim to sell in, including the US, for vehicles of this ilk. The body is a supercell (think F1 cars) design to cocoon a driver in an accident, and the small footprint of the car is actually likely more to dissipate energy during an accident.

Link to website with specs