Nobe Cars has had two failed
crowdsourcing campaigns on
Indiegogo and
FundedByMe, both of which were only able to achieve about 15% of their goal. As of 2022, Nobe Cars USA, Inc. markets the company via their website, www.nobecars.com. Controversy surfaced regarding the automaker when an investigative report on the Estonian news program Pealtnägija on the ERR network investigated and found criminal charges and past bankruptcies associated with the CEO, Roman Muljar, in addition to complaints by shareholders about his ability to run a business and misappropriation of funds. Video from the report was later released with English subtitles. A group referring to itself only as nobecarsinvestors.com pointed to many problems with the company, offering comparisons to the
Dale and
Elio cars and to
Nikola Motors. The group raises serious questions about "the nature and timing of the fire that destroyed" Nobe's factory in October 2019, and questioned how "a move to another facility was in the works before the fire even started." In multiple articles, the Estonian media note that the company was in severe financial distress at the time of the fire, while the investor group questions how a company that could not even pay a €1,700 tax bill, and claims to have neglected to get insurance, somehow had the finances to have a new factory completed just two months after the fire. ==See also==