EAV was founded during a period of high investor confidence in the micromobility sector.

By the time Matt joined, that confidence had cooled. The COVID bicycle boom had faded, investors were pushing for returns and the business was under real financial pressure.

The brief was clear: make the product commercially viable, fast. The clock was already ticking.

As lead engineer, Matt was responsible for four things:

1. Bring the cost of building each vehicle down significantly

2. Redesign for easier, faster assembly to unblock production

3. Make the product more durable and reduce the cost of ownership for customers

4. Deliver additional models to expand the range

In six months, Matt delivered:

• Over £500 off the cost of every vehicle built, with no compromise on quality

• A redesigned chassis brought into compliance with draft DIN79010-4

• A simplified wiring architecture built for scalable production

• Tolerance issues resolved across the chassis and front axle

• DFM challenges resolved with suppliers in both the UK and USA

• Full delivery of the Cage variant including its entire electrical architecture

• An upskilled engineering team and a business-wide milestone process implemented across the organisation