P4 took 20 weeks... I think you may be starting a rumor in saying the P5 is "scheduled to roll out around Thanksgiving". I haven't seen their release schedule but I'd suspect it will take less time to build the P5 than the P4 especially if the changes to the frame are minor. They already have most of it set up from P4.
I CAN tell you that I saw some physical activity at the Shreveport Plant (July 15th, I believe)... flat bed truck there and quite a few people gathered outside where employees would be parking (well, supervision). A 2016 production schedule is quite possible. It's also possible that if they were to finish P5 tomorrow, E01-E025 could be completed by the end of September or early October. It won't take long once they have the frame finalized to build the rest. Final fit and finish isn't super important for crash testing or mileage testing for instance.
The suppliers summit should give some answers. Elio will probably let them all know something about production dates and THOSE would be harder to shift than the ones we've been seeing so far.
Whether It's your numbers or mine, when I originally said around Thanksgiving this was my logic............
Paul said P4 took about 20 weeks and he expected P5 would take less.
I ass-u-me-d a start date of July 1. (actual was earlier)
20 weeks after July 1 would be November 18
We will call actual start date as June 12 (The announcement date)
So adding in the extra time that gives 23-1/2 weeks
So that's almost 4 weeks over the 20.
By calling Thanksgiving it's sort of symbolic and cuts back on the ....
Are we there yet........... Are we there yet........... Are we there yet........... Are we there yet........... Are we there yet........... waaaah!
that we have heard so much of.
And hopefully, it might be done before Thanksgiving. Then we would have multiply things to be thankful for.