# Chip Motors: robotics company

Canonical ID: `a7f37268-fc83-4c43-bb30-5c1d73ec8b63`

## 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)

- **Slug:** chip-motors
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** Miami, Florida, USA

## Models

- [Chip](/models/chip-motors-chip.md) (personal_mobility) (id: `16b31264-31c5-4bbe-a548-3f8c18314c33`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Jameson Detweiler](/people/jameson-detweiler.md) Founder & CEO (SEC-verified)
- [Ilan Penn](/people/ilan-penn.md) Co-Founder (SEC-verified)

## Founders (2)

- [Jameson Detweiler](/people/jameson-detweiler.md) _no longer at company_
- [Ilan Penn](/people/ilan-penn.md) _no longer at company_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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).

### 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.


## Sources (1)

1. https://chipmotors.com

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