Elio's Retail Strategy

[Rickb]

Yes it does, but...... o k lets wait it out.
How do you think folks will pay for it? for cash N.P. but financing will require human intervention i.e. financial guy coordinating with financial institutions ( even with E M credit card will require credit approval. )
then I was thinking small ,and wondering if the units are shipped with empty gas tank, and will be filled with (one ) gallon of gas- that should easily get you to a nearby station.!!! So either the stores, factory, or centers will have pumps? I seriously doubt, the usual complimentary full tank of gas and "mat" will be possible with their close selling margin .

From the land of($5-$6)dollar lattes here in Seattle, how about a cafe in each store, Paul has certainly set the stage with cup frequently in hand.
The E.M special- triple shot with sugar and cream- get a sugar and caffeine rush which should make it appear the E is going faster as you drive away.
Then Starbucks should also supply a special cup (in a choice of eight colors) with the E M logo!! (you-all know the 8th color, that which cannot be spoken)
Stop me please!!! :-)
Catch ya later- off to spend grandpa quality time-I moved here from Florida for these magic moments with Luna Day she's one year Friday on this her second birthday!!!.(I remember this on a thread too)
Got a Moon tattoo on one arm a Sun on the other. Hopefully, she'll inherit her grandpa's old E ( and not have to wait until it's in production ) TG my daughter didn't name her Francine!! Now if only E could develop and mature as quick as she....... ( me smiling)

Perhaps Starbucks should partner with EM by providing Elio ordering Kiosks at each of their locations staffed by a certified Elio sales rep and an Elio test drive vehicle wrapped with Starbucks advertising.

 

[Rob Croson]

Yes it does, but...... o k lets wait it out.
How do you think folks will pay for it? for cash N.P. but financing will require human intervention i.e. financial guy coordinating with financial institutions ( even with E M credit card will require credit approval. )

For the smaller amounts, I wouldn't be surprised if they could come up with some financing routine that could be automated, and done online. It's not like most of the data wouldn't be available electronically. And if you're primary market is people with lower income, and young people with little to no credit history, you're going to have to have some policies for dealing with it.

 

[wizard of ahs]

Once you have established buying patterns, the marshalling centers will know what to keep in inventory; so maybe it's white automatics, and red stick, along with black automatics and stick; they will know how often that combination is ordered in certain parts of the country. So a marshalling centers would always have X amount of those colors on hand; and another marshalling that's serving a larger area (or smaller) and if one center runs out of a certain color, they would contact other centers and do trades or rebalance in inventory.
One thing I find interesting is when we talk about retail centers, there is a mention of "the stores would send in their orders" well I have to correct; the stores are going to have kiosks and to quote EM "people there that can help you with ordering your Elio"; so all the Elio's will be ordered online no matter if your at home or a store, or work or wherever you are and can get an internet connections. You order your Elio, not a store; this tells me they are doing a centralized data center that sends the Elio to the correct place, whether it's to your house or back to a store or wherever you specify you want to have it delivered. That will be an IT nightmare if something goes haywire; I hope they have decent geeks to set all this up and keep it running

Phewww another explanation that took way to many words to explain.
Please tell me it makes sense

What !!!!!!!!
EM hasn't contacted you yet, Coss

 

[Coss]

What !!!!!!!!
EM hasn't contacted you yet, Coss

This guy is now retired; besides I don't need the headaches, stress and found out there is more to life than working.
I'm making the most of it after working for 50 years.