So Obvious ……...

I think about this silly little vehicle every day, and talk about it with fellow motorcycle enthusiasts here on Island ..

i have my ELIO bumper sticker on my bike I ride here every day


i think to myself, this is such an OBVIOUS SOLUTION to many of the problems facing the World right now ..

it is SUCH an obvious solution !!

so many people have tried (and failed) in the past 30 years, this is the right time for the right solution !!

EZ said:

I think about this silly little vehicle every day, and talk about it with fellow motorcycle enthusiasts here on Island ..
i have my ELIO bumper sticker on my bike I ride here every day
i think to myself, this is such an OBVIOUS SOLUTION to many of the problems facing the World right now ..
it is SUCH an obvious solution !!
so many people have tried (and failed) in the past 30 years, this is the right time for the right solution !!

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You're right, this should have been done decades ago. We should have millions of similar vehicles all over the world by now, getting 100 mpg+ on ethanol and CNG and propane and batteries, all with drivers waving the #1 salute to the oil-despots of the world.

I am with you 100% !!

given the available technology (sure it would be nice if vehicles could just levitate off the ground)

quite simply, THIS WORKS !

if battery technology (Battery density) had made it at this point, I would love to see this "style " vehicle with batteries ..maybe 5 more years this same platform will support EV technology ..

15 years ago Mike Corbin was proclaiming these EXACT same facts, people commuting alone to work etc etc etc..

But Mike limited himself to EV technology which was not even close to being effective

exciting times ahead !

this was a billboard I had made 15 years ago

it was 8' x 8'

(YES FEET)

it was mounted on a vertical frame on a trailer which I would drive around a Town just ahead of a Sparrow EV

the trailer with two 300 watt panels would be parked ..

fun stuff

not unlike what Paul Elio's Team is doing now ..

EZ said:

this was a billboard I had made 15 years ago

it was 8' x 8'

(YES FEET)

it was mounted on a vertical frame on a trailer which I would drive around a Town just ahead of a Sparrow EV

the trailer with two 300 watt panels would be parked ..

fun stuff

not unlike what Paul Elio's Team is doing now ..View attachment 3279

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My brain may not be functioning at full speed this morning... :-) .... but I'm lost. Can you help me understand?

You had a Sparrow? and it pulled the trailer in the picture? the billboard is really solar panels? and those would charge the battery?

Jeff Porter said:

My brain may not be functioning at full speed this morning... .... but I'm lost. Can you help me understand?

You had a Sparrow? and it pulled the trailer in the picture? the billboard is really solar panels? and those would charge the battery?

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I'm lost too, I thought he pulled the whole thing, 2 trailers, solar panels, billboards and a Sparrow maybe with a Tesla? In the USVI? To that house in the other picture?......I don't know......

EZ said:

I am with you 100% !!

given the available technology (sure it would be nice if vehicles could just levitate off the ground)

quite simply, THIS WORKS !

if battery technology (Battery density) had made it at this point, I would love to see this "style " vehicle with batteries ..maybe 5 more years this same platform will support EV technology ..

15 years ago Mike Corbin was proclaiming these EXACT same facts, people commuting alone to work etc etc etc..

But Mike limited himself to EV technology which was not even close to being effective

exciting times ahead !View attachment 3278

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Mike Corbin limited himself by a goofy design..........a clown car that would never be accepted by the general driving public as an EV or ICE at $6800 or less. Keep in mind I would have bought one for the fun.........and it makes me smile just looking at it. Looks like a shoe with wheels.
I'm hoping for an Elio EV down the road too.

EZ said:

this was a billboard I had made 15 years ago

it was 8' x 8'

(YES FEET)

it was mounted on a vertical frame on a trailer which I would drive around a Town just ahead of a Sparrow EV

the trailer with two 300 watt panels would be parked ..

fun stuff

not unlike what Paul Elio's Team is doing now ..View attachment 3279

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I always wonder if you would show up with this great Elio project.. I was sure you would be interested in it. If you remember I went through you to buy my new Sparrow.

ClubJoe
Sunny Brandon, FL

guys

I was an

OWNER

INVESTOR

DEALER

I took out $100,000. home equity loan and invested in CorbinMotors

then another $20,000. for Motorcycle Dealer License for Sparrow

I used to drive around Vermont,

with my TRUCK

towing the solar paul trailer with Sparrow INSIDE

another vehicle pulled the billboard trailer

find a place to park

up went the solar panels

out rolled the Sparrow and plugged into solar panels (WITH a DC booster )

then one person drove around with the billboard

other person followed in the Sparrow

the Sparrow was AWESOME !!!

EXTREMELY FAST !!

13 batteries in SERIES 165 volts DC

8" DC Motor

problems

1. REAL range was 15 miles ( doing 40 miles would kill batteries quickly)

2. controllers were being hand made and burned up

3. no quality control

4. warranty …as a Dealer we were expected to fix cars with no training and no reimbursement ( I am VERY concerned that PEP BOYS is NOT up to the ability )
what if the first 500 Elio's are manufactured and there is no REAL warranty in place ????
what if the first 10,000 ?
what if the first 50,000 ??
i think EVERYONE deep down is convened about this fact …there are no "DEALERS" out there …the electric motorcycle ZERO has been sold thru BEST BUY for 5 years, finally they are getting a dealer network …how did THEY make it ??
personally I am happy to buy a vehicle with NO WARRANTY and assume I will fix it myself, but NOT EVERYONE will be happy with this !!

Corbin made 275 Sparrows before the Sheriff locked the doors (literally)

could ElioMotors have a fleet of vans driving around the Country fixing vehicles ??

I honestly do NOT believe there is any plan in place with PEP BOYS, I think that is just a sham to TEMPORARILY satisfy the issue, and they (Elio) are hoping to solve this issue down the road

just my opinion

and I am still perfectly happy to put down $6800. !

Joe

how time flies !

I am ALL IN !

so YOU can relate to what I am saying !

I STill have three Sparrows in Storage !

I LOVED the Sparrow and was truly sad when it failed.

I have watched all the different manifestations over the years, and no one was able to pull it off !

maybe, just maybe, now is the time ??

but with the "BIG BOYS" sitting out there just watching ..

I brought one Scorpion here to the Islands, great "TOY"

while the rest of the world putters around in smaller vehicles, spoiled Americans just stick their eyes in the sand ..

JUST IMAGINE …..

5 years from now 500,000 small vehicles on the roads, eliminating traffic jambs, reducing pollution, eliminating dependance on foreign oil !

I do NOT understand why someone like Boones does not just write a check to jump start this project ?? it would be pocket change for him, and with his convictions about Natural Gas and Wind, his would fit right into his beliefs !!

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