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Lightfoot - a solar vehicle company - proudly presents

The Smile
Machine

A sun-powered cargo scooter for the short trips that shape your days. Arriving late summer ’26.

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First drop · 100 units●Late summer '26●$100 today, refundable●Charged by the sun
The Smile Machine ✦ Ready when you are ✦ Charged by the sun ✦ Honk if you love sunshine ✦ Small footprint. Big freedom. ✦
A day in the life

Ready when
you are.

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07:40

The coffee run

Two blocks, one light, zero parking drama. Pull into the prime spot, right by the door.

MI 0.6
Riding to the café
12:10

The grocery loop

Three big bags fit inside the locking trunk, eggs included.

MI 2.4
Groceries in the cargo bay
15:30

The pickup

A cushioned bench with room for two. Officially the best seat in the fourth grade.

MI 5.1
Two riders on the bench seat
17:45

The sunny spot

While you do your thing, it does too. Every parked hour in the sun is a few more miles in the tank - so to speak.

MI 7.9
Parked in the sun while its rider reads on a bench

Home by six. Battery
fuller than you left it.

NO NEED TO CHECK GAS PRICES.

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The gist

The numbers that matter.

The full nerd table lives on the spec page. Here they earn their keep: six stops, one ordinary Tuesday, on repeat.

STOP 1 · THE GROCERY RUN1.5 FT³Lockable trunk, three bags inside. Nothing on your back, nothing swinging from the bars.
01 / 06
Plan B, for gray days

No sun?
No sweat.

Some weeks the sky just calls in gray. That’s why The Smile Machine carries an onboard charger, tucked into its tail. Pop the little door at the rear, plug into any standard wall outlet, and the grid covers the sun’s shift.

Gray week? The Smile Machine hides an onboard charger in its tail — pop the door, plug into any standard wall outlet.

→Yes to riding on sunshine.
→And yes to the occasional rainy Tuesday.
Rear view of Lightfoot showing the onboard charge port above the tail light
↙ CHARGER LIVES HERE

Rear view · yes, that’s the whole charging station

Don't take our word for it.

PRESS THE HORN AND SEE WHAT OTHERS THINK!

go on, give it a honk

The Smile Machine, ready to honk
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The bit about money

Launch price

$4,495.
Or $100 today.

Launch pricing won’t last. For beta units only. Future pricing may change. Delivery included.

Reserve the Lightfoot Smile Machine - Launch Edition for $100, fully refundable at any time. When your turn comes, convert to a pre-order and choose a delivery window, or take your $100 back. No hard feelings, just a little heartbreak.

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NO FUNNY BUSINESS
Coupon: good for one (1) place in line
$100
→Fully refundable. Any time, no questions.
→Launch Edition: first 100 units in sky blue and solar orange.
→Future colorways arrive in limited drops, with reservations getting first pick.
→Arrives late summer '26.
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The Lightfoot guarantee

Love it, or we buy it back.

Not fine print, not a first-30-days trick. Whenever you’re ready to trade it in, we’ll make a fair offer based on mileage and market.

Read the guarantee →
Certificate of grin
1 YRthe whole machine, bumper to bumper*
2 YRSthe vitals: frame, motors, brakes, lights
∞the buyback guarantee: a fair offer, any time
Nº ___ / 100 · valid from day one*it has no bumpers
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The things people ask right before they say yes.

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Riding away into the afternoon
Lightfoot
Small footprint.
Big freedom.
Reserve for $100
golden hour · headed home · battery at 92%shot on the launch colorway · sky blue and solar orange
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