my point is nothing real has happened with elio in the last 6 months....
The P4 was released almost exactly six months ago. Since then I can think of several major things which have happened and I am sure there many more which I am not listing and/or happened behind the scenes at Elio Motors. After numerous delays, caused by lawsuits and plenty of outside interference, IRG was finally able to get a lease signed for the assembly plant in Shreveport which secures it for use by Elio Motors. The IAV engine has moved from CAD drawings and computer models to a fully cast and assembled engine ready for testing. The P4 went through its engineering assessment resulting in a number of design changes which will be incorporated into the P5. The P5 design and engineering process is running its course and the design is being finalized as we speak in advance of assembly starting in the August/September timeframe as confirmed by both Elio Motors and Technosports.
To me all the items I just listed sound like there has been a huge amount of progress on the Elio vehicle over the last six months. In that relatively short period of time they went from having completed an admittedly rough mule prototype to engineering a complete pre-production prototype vehicle and an actual pre-production version of the drivetrain.
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