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Ty said:

25% offset, frontal, and side impact tests can be run on the Elio. I didn't see where or why you have to have a side by side configuration to run them. Perhaps they run the tests for driver position and rear occupant for the Elio. They could surely determine the impact forces.

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I haven't looked myself at the tests, so this is second hand. Others have posted here that at least one of the tests requires a dummy buckled into the front passenger seat. If there's no front passenger seat, you can't get a valid result from that test. From there, I suppose it depends on how the test specs are written. You could end up with anything from a lower overall rating, to a zero star or something, to an "unable to test".

Rob Croson said:

****. You could end up with anything from a lower overall rating, to a zero star or something, to an "unable to test".

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Would you really want to post lower ratings or the "Unable to test"?
That would almost be negative advertisement. You want people to believe it's safe, not a death trap to ride around in.
If it is a low rating, better to say nothing then to post that it's a death trap.
Sometimes it's better to say nothing.

Coss said:

Would you really want to post lower ratings or the "Unable to test"?

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I didn't mean to imply that EM would advertise the result. (And, honestly, I can't see how you could reasonably interpret my post to mean that I was saying they should.) I was theorizing what the results the testing agency would report if the vehicle were not able to perform one of the required tests. There was that econobox car in Europe last year that got a 0-star rating because of one test that couldn't be done properly, or something. The rules of the test were such that if a required test coudn't be performed, or produce a valid result, that the overall rating would be zero. Without that test it would have gotten something like three stars out of five. Still not the greatest, but better than zero.

So that's what I was trying to say. That yes, you may be able to physically crash the Elio into the barrier. But if you can't have someone buckled into in the front passenger seat, then you can't meet the intent of the test specifications. If that happens, even if the car survives with flying colors, the actual result you may be assigned by the testing agency depends on how the test parameters are written. And *that* result could be anything.

PaulCPiper said:

He didn't say it was almost done, or partially done, he said it was done, ready to go. Did you listen to the interview? The host himself was talking about how he had driven it. Sounds like it's a finished design to me. Motor, body, everything... I'd have to doubt Paul would just make things up like that?

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He drove the EC1 which is NOT a production ready vehicle...hence "EC"1

5/30 Wall Street Journal Headline:
"Investors Flood Digital Token Offering: Startup block.one on pace to raise $4 billion even though purpose of its ICO is unclear"

A Few Key points:

*block.one over twice the size of the next largest coin offering, Telegram Group.

*That a little known startup could raise that much without concrete plans is evidence of the current trends in cryptocurrencies.

*ICOs raised $6.6 billion in 2017, $7.15 billion so far in 2018.

*Differ from virtual (utility as we call it) currencies because tokens are often tied to product or service plans to develop or offer in future. block.one and its token EOS are in this category.

*Many investors see ICOs as a way to wealth building & investing through startups... like VCs have been able to for decades.

Sailor Dog said:

5/30 Wall Street Journal Headline:
"Investors Flood Digital Token Offering: Startup block.one on pace to raise $4 billion even though purpose of its ICO is unclear"

A Few Key points:

*block.one over twice the size of the next largest coin offering, Telegram Group.

*That a little known startup could raise that much without concrete plans is evidence of the current trends in cryptocurrencies.

*ICOs raised $6.6 billion in 2017, $7.15 billion so far in 2018.

*Differ from virtual (utility as we call it) currencies because tokens are often tied to product or service plans to develop or offer in future. block.one and its token EOS are in this category.

*Many investors see ICOs as a way to wealth building & investing through startups... like VCs have been able to for decades.

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And this is for the Eliocoin? Or is it just a over view on the coins in general?

It is all generic ICO and cryptocurrency information. Nothing specifically to do with tZERO, Elio, Eliocoin, or "Secured Token Offerings". Just generic hype.

Coss said:

And this is for the Eliocoin? Or is it just a over view on the coins in general?

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It's where securitized tokens are headed and the Eliocoin should follow in the fresh footsteps. Lot of money is being invested in this new asset class.

Rob Croson said:

It is all generic ICO and cryptocurrency information. Nothing specifically to do with tZERO, Elio, Eliocoin, or "Secured Token Offerings". Just generic hype.

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That's correct....but the size of this asset class is amazing and being watched by some of the big financial institutions. Security or secured tokens are the next, more legit wave (SEC oversight) after utility tokens like bitcoin.

"It starts with a vision of what a vehicle should have…what it MUST have. Amazing fuel efficiency… uncompromised safety…high quality…and designed and manufactured in the USA! How’d we fit all that into one revolutionary vehicle?
http://www.americanmadeheroes.com/inventors-elio-motors.html

Hmm a shortened Elio with trailer, it's different