Elio has no scheduled. If EM had last year ordered seat of going into production as they told us they were going to do. They would be in court now being sued for balance due.
Bet on this many suppliers will want major payment up front when any orders are placed. Yes I do know what I am talking about.
I tend to believe that they have a flexible schedule but from past experience of being pounded (fairly or unfairly) by doubters, haters, childish "are we there yet'ers" , and so on, they aren't releasing such info .... instead they are now in a mode where they release info after it has been accomplished .... it would make sense to me that manufactures would expect up front payment for merchandise .... it also makes sense to me that they wouldn't require anywhere near as big of an upfront payment for "off the shelf" parts where the expenses for development and tooling up for production has already been taken care of