---
title: "Get Ready. A Three-Wheeled Electric Car Will be Available In The U.S. By 2017"
description: "A small, lightweight Polish EV called the SAM is going to be available in the US soon."
date: "2016-09-08"
modified: "2016-09-08"
authors:
  - name: "Jelor Gallego"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jelor-gallego"
url: "https://futurism.com/get-ready-a-three-wheeled-electric-car-will-be-available-in-the-u-s-by-2017"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "poland"
  - "sam"
---

# Get Ready. A Three-Wheeled Electric Car Will be Available In The U.S. By 2017

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Polish-EV-Available-In-The-US-By-Next-Year.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="http://newatlas.com/sam-electric-vehicle/45226/pictures" target="\_blank"\>Futurism/LPM\</a\>\</em\>*

It kind of looks like a monster. Just look at those light-up bug eyes.

Don't be frightened, though. It's just SAM. The SAM is a three-wheeled electric car popular in Poland. Now though, Eastern Europeans are [exporting them to America](<http://newatlas.com/sam-electric-vehicle/45226/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget>). [Tesla may currently rule](<https://futurism.com/tesla-upgrade-model-s-now-among-the-fastest-cars-in-the-world>) the electric vehicle field in the U.S., but that could be changing soon.

![undefined](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Showroom_01.jpg>)
*SAM-of-USA*

These [weird looking compact EVs](<http://sam-of-usa.com/>) have folding gull-wing doors, a steel chassis, and a fully recyclable polyethylene body. Under the hood, the SAM is powered by a lithium-polymer battery pack that has a five-hour charging time using a regular outlet. That charge will last the EV 80 to 100 km (50 to 62 miles), and it has a top speed of 90 kmh (56 mph).

CEO Wacław Stevaert says U.S. sales will begin sometime next year. The price of the unit *without battery* is $8,600. A standard battery costs an additional $3,750 – a higher-capacity battery will go for $5,750, and should provide a range of up to 161 km (100 miles).