Models
1
Overview
Miami-based startup developing Chip, a street-legal electric Life Utility Vehicle (LUV) with remote-driving capabilities. Starting at $15,000, Chip tops out at 25 mph with 100+ miles of range, targeting daily neighborhood trips with teleoperated self-parking and errand-running features.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
CEO & Founder
Jameson Detweiler
Co-Founder
Ilan Penn (prev. Tier, Fantasmo, South Park Commons)
Product
Chip — Life Utility Vehicle (LUV), street-legal low-speed EV
Price
$15,000 (4-seat), $18,000 (6-seat), $250 refundable deposit, deliveries 2027
Specs
25 mph top speed, 35 mph max road speed, 100+ miles range, 110V/240V/NACS charging, in-wheel motors, ~15 kWh LFP battery
Chip Go
Teleoperated remote driving service — human drivers tag in remotely for parking, errands, pickup. Not full autonomy yet.
Category
Life Utility Vehicle (LUV) — new category between golf cart and SUV, street-legal low-speed vehicle (LSV)
Market
$6B U.S. market for electric golf carts including road-legal vehicles in coastal, suburban, retirement communities
Financial stage
Early (startup, taking reservations, deliveries planned 2027, autonomous features testing in Florida)
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Current leadership (2)
- Jameson Detweiler Founder & CEOSEC-verified
- Ilan Penn Co-FounderSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Jameson Detweilerno longer at company
- Ilan Pennno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Chip Motors.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Chip Motors in third-party press
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Chip Motors?
- Miami-based startup developing Chip, a street-legal electric Life Utility Vehicle (LUV) with remote-driving capabilities. Starting at $15,000, Chip tops out at 25 mph with 100+ miles of range, targeting daily neighborhood trips with teleoperated self-parking and errand-running features.
- What does Chip Motors make?
- Chip Motors has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Chip (Chip Motors builds physical robots).
- Who is the CEO of Chip Motors?
- Jameson Detweiler is the ceo of Chip Motors, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Chip Motors headquartered?
- Chip Motors is headquartered in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Where does Chip Motors operate robots?
- Chip Motors is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- When was Chip Motors founded?
- Chip Motors was founded in 2024.
- Is Chip Motors safe?
- Chip Motors has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-17
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-17
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Chip Motors.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Chip Motors from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Chip Motors unveils $15,000 electric life utility vehicle
Electrek covers Chip Motors unveiling Chip, $15K electric LUV at 25 mph. Chip Go is teleoperation (remote human drivers), not full autonomy. Reservations open, deliveries 2027.
A Beefed-Up Golf Cart And An Anti-Cybertruck: Cheap, Quirky EVs Are Coming
Forbes covers Chip Motors unveiling Chip LUV starting at $15,000, with in-wheel motors, ~15 kWh LFP battery, deliveries 2027, autonomous testing in Florida.
Chip Motors — The Life Utility Vehicle
Chip Motors official site. Chip is a street-legal electric LUV with 4-6 seats, 25 mph, 100+ miles range. Chip Go teleoperated parking and errand features. $15K starting price.
Jameson Detweiler, CEO of Chip Motors, announces Chip LUV
Jameson Detweiler, CEO of Chip Motors, announces Chip — a street-legal electric Life Utility Vehicle positioned as a robotic daily companion for neighborhood trips.
Machine-readable surfaces
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- REST API: /v1/companies/a7f37268-fc83-4c43-bb30-5c1d73ec8b63
- Revision history: /companies/chip-motors/history
- Data documentation: /data
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