By James Pero For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:07 GMT, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 13 February 2019
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A potential manufacturing deal between a futuristic new electric car company and a condemned General Motors plant may help save both jobs and the environment.
According to Bloomberg, Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corp. is in talks to begin manufacturing its cutting-edge three-wheeled car, 'Solo,' in Oshawa, Ontario - where 3,000 people were slated to be laid off as a part of GM's global restructuring.
The firm has made a big splash with its single-rider electric vehicle over the past few years, and has so far logged 23,000 reservations form the public as of last December.
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Vancouver-based Electra Meccanica Vehicles said it is considering a deal to manufacture the Solo, a three-wheeled electric car, in Ontario.
The Solo has two front wheels and one rear wheel and is 10 feet long, or about 14 inches longer than a Smart car.
There's a plug hidden under its license plate.
The Solo is powered
