It may provide rain protection, but good luck trying to see through that windshield in the rain. Raindrops are going to cling to it thanks to the shallow rake angle, which also means the rider will be looking through a lot more drops. Also, with the canopy providing no shade, the rider is going to bake if there's any sun on a day with temperature over 60. It's no accident that auto designers call the glass area the greenhouse.
Looks like there's no cargo capacity, either.

> Electric bikes may help you climb hills, fight headwinds and arrive at work in a non-sweaty state, but they still won't keep you dry when it rains
Although low tech, a good rain cape works very well. While touring, I've used them to ride a whole day under heavy rain. With rainproof shoes and gaiters, you're all set.
> That's one of the reasons that some people – mostly deep-pocketed people – are looking at human/electric hybrid velomobiles.
You don't have to be deep-pocketed to get one, *if that replaces a car*, whose TCO is about that much for a couple of years even if you don't drive that much.

While my comments here have tended to be critical, it's really about trying to improve such products, not about trying to drag any down.
I don't care for the mass distribution of this design. The wheelbase is too short. Going down a hill, I can easily see it pitching forward, especially if it hit some kind of obstacle (like even a fist-sized rock in the road).
While putting the front wheels farther forward a few inches might affect the aerodynamics somewhat, the shell can probably be modded to compensate, and aerodynamics is by no means the only physics problem that must be solved here.

Nice target for a big truck, who wont even know if he rolled over it, a mere spot in the road.
Ugly and will not sell. For "deep pocket" people with more money than brains.

A product can not be all things to all people. But in my area a serious air conditioner is basic. Even sitting still in the shade in south Florida this would be a horrid heat trap and almost a death trap for any normal person in good health.

Regarding the window in the rain, Rain-X has a plastic formula, although there might not be enough speed generated (compared to a motorcycle or scooter) to blow the drops off. The side rake is pretty steep though. The main problem with rain is making sure the shrouds are on the wheels.
The wheelbase may appear shorter than it is, given the extra material out front. But the mass placement of the driver looks about right, so all the perceived mass out front is mostly air.
It is not cheap, but it looks cheap.

I agree with Timelord. Being developed in the rainy Pacific Northwest, a different velomobile called The Tripod by Columbia Cycle Works has a flat section of windshield with a wiper blade. Watch some YouTube videos of velomobiles in the rain from 1st person rider's view and you'll see that you would want a wiper. Even the enclosed motorcycles such as Quasar and Ecomobile had windshield wipers. I also would be concerned that there may not be enough ventilation to keep the windshield from clouding up from condensation coming from warm breath and sweat evaporation against a cold windshield.

All three commentors make good points, except maybe Freyr. I have ridden extensively in the rain and in winter and mostly rain gear only works sort of & badly, at best. Anne is right about the wheel base length and a longer length fixes that issue with very little downside implications. But more than that I would be concerned about the wind image height. I have looked into building something very much like this for myself and from the start I was concerned about road behaviour with wind from all directions affecting vehicle stability and control. I think the greenhouse effect can be controlled by going to a design with a somewhat smaller narrower windshield and sides that can be dropped out of the way. This way you get the aerodynamic value of a smooth surface in front and along the sides you can ride with open air most of the time. Additionally the frame for this supports the windshield, acts as a door, and forms a continuous connection to a frame element behind the rider's head that has an elliptical roll bar shape. This can all be light enough to offer significant crash protection for light collisions. No where near that of an actual car but still far better than a traditional two wheel bike or recumbent trike. Finally, this body will have a much larger level visibility than any bike or trike. A big part of road safety is simply being seen by other traffic. I wish this guy well.

I wouldn't move the front wheels forward, they're about where they need to be, but I'd move the rear wheel backward, and recline the rider more.

Trike stability requires three main things: keep the center of gravity low, keep the weight distribution around 67/33, and keep the wheels far apart from one another. (I'd put those priorities in that order, too, but you could swap the weight distribution and center of gravity.)

This thing looks like the rider's sitting quite upright, which raises the center of gravity, making a rollover more likely. That also hurts aerodynamics, of course.

Then, the windshield design that they're using will bake the rider. Yes, it gives better aero, but the only successful trike designs I see using windshields like that are racing trikes that make the window small, so you can only look directly forward and a little to the sides, definitely not up. Personally, I'd take the aero hit and follow the example of the European velomobiles, which make the nose only tall enough for the rider's knees, and then have the rider's head sticking above, with an optional cap to streamline the rider's head (with the ability to raise the windshield for ventilation). Another benefit of that is sidewind stability - because the European velomobiles are taller behind the rider than in front of the rider, sidewinds will automatically turn the velomobile into the wind, improving stability. This? This'll get blown all over the place.

New development,construction projects in cities,towns around the world should incorporate building a enclosed traffic lane for alternative vehicles,such as 2,3 and 4 wheel bikes,electrics,small fuel engines etc The plus side,it eases congestion,energy costs,emissions,infrastructure maintenance and repairs,etc.Its a win win for everyone.