D Borland
Elio Aficionado
I took the leap of faith. Excited about this car.
Does anyone know when production starts? I heard March 2016.
All in to the max.
Does anyone know when production starts? I heard March 2016.
All in to the max.
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Now, To Convince The Wife.
- Thread starter D Borland
- Start date
September 2015
I sure hope that is correct .... that said, until word comes of an operational drive train, I wouldn't bet much more than a Coke on it .... if pushed to make a wager, I'd lean toward production not starting until sometime in 2016 .... to me that doesn't matter because I do believe the management is committed to not rushing into production until they are convinced everything is ready to do so
Jim
Gas-Powered Awesome
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Congratulations and welcome aboard.
March 2016? Guess I better update my signature...
Jeff Porter
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Welcom D Borland! Congrats on the deposit. It really is a leap of faith, totally agree, and your excitement is shared for sure.
Production start date is a not-for-sure. Since 4 months ago, it's been 3rd quarter of 2015. I then made an assumption that the last month of that quarter makes sense, so Sept 2015 is sort of what we've been going with. In a very recent interview, Paul Elio said "2nd half of 2015", something like that.
Wish we could be more certain, but there is a lot to do between now and when production starts. Our friend Gas-Powered Awesome is expecting his vehicle to be delivered in Jan 2016, and he's pretty early in the line at #844.
There's other discussions too, such as what to expect for a weekly rate of production as the months go on after start of production, and that Elio Motors plans to have ride-and-drive events for reservation holders, close to the start of production.
My thought is that the only cause to question the Sept 2015 production schedule is if we have word that the prototype builds did not start in the Aug/Sept time frame or there is an announcement of delay on the engine. We should know by the end of this month.
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