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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.I liked the interview -- it was as blunt as could be, very little waffling on Elio's part. If they don't destroy all 25 pre-production cars (not prototypes; the language is hanging us up here), I'll buy one!
I'm with you Ekh, what's the difference between a P5 prototype and a pre-production vehicle?
Hi DB, hoping we can have a light-hearted discusson on this. Agree with you on the dipstick being a bad choice of a part that needs replaced. An oil cap would have been a better example, I've lost one before. On the engine question, there may be engines out there existing that give power to similar-weighted vehicles. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know or say that you can take an existing engine from a similar weighted vehicle and make it work for a different vehicle, and also: understand the engine now inside and out, have the engine be a desired weight, give the miles-per-gallon that you want, and there may be other reasons too. And the funding: I dunno, I would bet that if Elio was completely transparent with all of their funding plans, the current and potential investors would find reasons to pull their investment funds. And if Elio was transparent with their funding plans, we'd find reasons to disagree with the how and when and where. Agreed that if funding and investing down the road is slower than what EM wants, the development timetable will give delays.
The latest Tech Talk has some detailed questions and answers from an IAV guy. I would bet that we can go through his answers and come up with answers we feel are inadequate or incomplete. Nothing wrong with that, we can discuss them too! Part of the fun of the journey.
Great info, g.o.! Prior experience in an assembly line?
Now to the engine, they pay to have it developed to save money (from the article), but instead of building it themselves, are buying it from a supplier. At this point why not have IAV assemble the whole vehicle in that plant in Louisiana? They can still make the claim "made in the USA", by American workers, and think of all the money he can save by having German based IAV, US unit assemble the vehicle.
Nope, as an engineer I have some experience in product development however this information came from putting together information I have learned from my discussions with Elio Motors and from thoroughly reading through all the Tech Talk emails which as a whole contain a lot of useful information.
IAV is solely the engine design and drivetrain integration company. The engine itself is being cast by the Grainger & Worral foundry and will be assembled by Elio Motors in the Shreveport plant. This information was published in various Tech Talk emails from Elio Motors.