Thanks for this info and perspective.
Your own points can be added to the skeptical side of my watching
things, but just to balance this out a bit, it does appear that Saietta
does still exist, as a quoted company (albeit on the AIM tier in London)
and here is an April announcement of a sale of products, though to
another small last-mile EV listed company in the US.
https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/saietta_group/news/rns/story/rye5jyw
Monday 3 April 2023
Saietta Group Plc
("Saietta", the "Company" or the "Group")
Commercial Update
US Urban Delivery Manufacturer Places c.£5 million Order for 3,000 eDrives
Saietta Group Plc (AIM: SED), the multi-national business which designs,
engineers and manufactures complete light duty and heavy duty eDrive
systems for electric vehicles, today announces it has received an order
for 3,000 eDrive units from its existing US customer, AYRO Inc ("AYRO").
What I can't figure out is whether they are selling in-wheel motors
and/or something else. I would respect it if they had branched out into
other products, depending on whatever would work for their customers and
keep Saietta in business. i.e.: it would be gratifying to some of us if
we could see more in-wheel motors in action, if only to get a better
sense of how they will perform and what the limitations will be, but if
that's not the right product for them to be selling in all cases, then I
hope they're getting things done in their best area.
On 7/27/2023 12:47 AM, Paul Compton via EV wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 at 00:23, Josh Landess via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
and we have this other blast-from-the-past:
https://www.saietta.com/about-us/
however, I don't know if they are presently trying to offer the in-wheel
product. I don't presently see language about it on their page.
The words "Saietta" and "product" shouldn't really appear in the same sentence!
They did sell the AGNI (Lynch) motor for a while, but the legal
partnership turned out not to actually exhist (Cedric and Arvind ended
up getting "paid off" with Lithium cells and PV panels).They'd stopped
servicing motors, or supply spares, even whilst still selling them.
They are masters of vapourware and hype. Mostly what they sell is
consultancy services and feasibility studies, the value of which is
somewhat questionable.
I was invited there for a tour and a meeting and offered contract work
as a result, but it soon became evident that they wouldn't pay a
reasonable day rate.
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