ElectraMeccanica is shaking up its high management ranks because it prepares to ship the primary of its single-seat electrical automobiles to prospects.

The Vancouver-based start-up stated Sept. 23 its chief working officer Kevin Pavlov will take over for CEO Paul Rivera efficient instantly.

“We’re getting into a essential inflection level in our firm’s maturation from a previously developmental stage begin as much as a scaled manufacturing enterprise,” Pavlov stated in a launch, including that his background will help with the transition.

Pavlov joined ElectraMeccanica in Might, having come from luxurious EV maker Karma Automotive. He beforehand held a number of senior administration roles at Canadian components provider Magna.

The management shuffle ends a comparatively brief tenure for Rivera, who took the helm on the upstart EV maker from co-founder Jerry Kroll in 2019. He stated he’ll support within the transition whereas “transferring onto new challenges deploying sport altering applied sciences.”

ElectraMeccanica plans to ship the primary of its Solo EVs in California on Oct. 4.

Development is ongoing on the Canadian-headquartered agency’s 235,000-square-foot (22,000-square-metre) manufacturing plant in Mesa, Ariz., which can ultimately produce as much as 20,000 of the single-seat automobiles a 12 months. The corporate stated it is going to choose up the tempo on buyer deliveries because it ramps up manufacturing.