Back in 2021, we covered the Novus One when it was still little more than a futuristic concept with massive promises attached to it. The specs sounded outrageous at the time: carbon fiber construction, motorcycle-level performance, absurdly low weight, and pricing that landed somewhere between exotic motorcycle and luxury sports car territory.
Like a lot of EV startup projects during that era, it generated a ton of attention before slowly disappearing from the conversation as deadlines slipped and production timelines stretched further and further into the future. At some point, most people probably assumed it had joined the growing pile of vaporware mobility startups that exploded during the pandemic and never made it beyond prototypes and press renders.
