Date October 11, 2016

Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp.
102 East 1^st Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1A4

Attention:            Board of Directors

Dear Sirs:

Re:        Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp. – Registration Statement on Form F-1

We have acted as counsel to Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp. (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) dated October 11, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registration Statement relates to the registration of the following shares of common stock of the Company, with no par value, for resale by the selling securityholders named in the Registration Statement (the “Selling Securityholders”):

• 3,821,087 shares of common stock (the “Shares”) issued by the Company pursuant to private placement subscription agreements dated between February 16, 2015 and October 5, 2016 (the “Private Placement Subscription Agreements”); and

• 4,321,087 shares of common stock (the “Warrant Shares”) issuable upon the exercise of common stock purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) which were issued by the Company pursuant to the Private Placement Subscription Agreements.

This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement. No opinion is expressed as to the contents of the Registration Statement other than the opinions expressly set forth herein relating to the resale of the Shares and Warrant Shares by the Selling Securityholders.

Documents Reviewed

In rendering this opinion set for below, we have reviewed:

• the Registration Statement dated October 11, 2016;

• the Company’s Notice of Articles;

• the Company’s Articles (together with the Notice of Articles, the “Constating Documents”);

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• certain records of the Company’s corporate proceedings, including resolutions of the directors approving the transactions described above;

• the Private Placement Subscription Agreements entered into between certain Selling Securityholders and the Company;

• the form of the certificate representing the Warrants;

• an Officer’s Certificate executed by Jerry Kroll, in his capacity as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, dated October 11, 2016; and

• such other documents as we have deemed relevant.

Assumptions, Limitations and Qualifications

Our opinions expressed herein are subject in all respects to the following assumptions, limitations and qualifications:

• the Company has received payment in full for the issuance of the Shares and Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Private Placement Subscription Agreements pursuant to which such Shares and Warrants have been issued;

• the Warrant Shares will be issued upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants as set forth in the certificates representing such Warrants;

• at the time of the issuance of any of the Warrant Shares, the Company will validly exist and will be duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and will have the necessary corporate power and authority to issue such Warrant Shares;

• the certificates representing the Warrants have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company;

• the minute books of the Company reflect all corporate proceedings of the Company, are accurate and up-to-date, and correctly reflect the directors and officers of the Company;

• we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures on documents examined by us, (ii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iii) the conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic or other copies, and (iv) that the documents, in the forms submitted to us for review, have not been and will not be altered or amended in any respect; and

• we have assumed that each of the statements made and certified in the Officer’s Certificate was true and correct when made, has at no time since being made and certified become untrue or incorrect, and remains true and correct on the date hereof.

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The opinions expressed in this letter are rendered as of the date hereof and are based on our understandings and assumptions as to present facts, and on the application of applicable law as the same exists on the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter after the date hereof with respect to any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or to reflect any changes in the facts or law that may hereafter occur or take effect. In particular, we note that the Warrant Shares may be issued from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis, and this opinion is limited to the laws, including the rules and regulations, in effect on the date hereof, which laws are subject to change.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

Opinion

Based upon and subject to the foregoing assumptions, limitations and qualifications, we are of the opinion that:

• the Shares held by the Selling Securityholders are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company’s common stock; and

• upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their terms (including, without limitation, the payment of the exercise price for the Warrant Shares), the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company’s common stock.

Consent

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our firm’s name in the section of the Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein entitled “Interests of Named Experts and Counsel”.

Yours truly,

/s/ McMillan LLP

McMillan LLP