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I hope this is the case, I have my options all figured out if so. A one way ticket from Baltimore to Shreveport is 250. But a ticket to Dallas is 78, and greyhound from Dallas to Shreveport can be done for as low as 7 bucks. Direct route is less stress, but where's the fun in that? Road trip...

On the other hand, sounds like they're confident enough in their aerodynamics/etc that they're considering making changes that would lower theoretical mpg for the sake of usability.

Can I get a spreadsheet,csv, etc version of this to play with your data?

I was fooling around with photoshop during a lull and made a 'concept art sketch' version of one of the P4 images. Figured I'd post it here.

I would guess something relating to the engine, financials, or production schedule

I'm taking an optimistic approach to that deadline. Maybe they have a big announcement coming that they anticipate will significantly drive up reservations, so they are giving 'loyal' supporters the opportunity to get reservations/bonuses locked in before the madness starts. Not likely, but...

I was very happy with that statement. My MGTD kit has mirrors so small I don't even bother to use them, but that only works in a convertible.

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I'd like that to be the case, but many if not all companies normalize the destination charge so it is the same whether you're 1 state away or 10. If they offer free pickup at the factory, it would be yet another break from tradition.

Posted to the video forum because it was a video - people looking for pictures/video are likely to check there first before reading through old news articles.

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With the rollcage design, the airbags, and the weight - this will probably be a pretty safe little vehicle. A light vehicle gets knocked out of the way and bounces (think indy car) - a heavy car will use its momentum to crush itself. That's not to say I think this will be as safe as my regular...

LOL oops, looks like i hadn't had my coffee yet!

Edit: I fail at math.

And that's likely without a delivery fee ;)

I think any shock will come from the destination, title, registration, and any 'prep' fees not scaling down in price the same way the vehicle price has. For a car 'sold' at 20k, you would probably walk away paying 22.2k after tax and fees, a ~11% bump. But with a car this price and the same...

Once you add in tax, title, and delivery fees it most certainly will not be 6800. I feel like that's where the majority of the sticker shock will be.

Regarding economics, I don't discount the possibility that if the Elio falls under CAFE standards, they could sell energy credits to the larger companies.

I'd personally prefer an automatic with cruise control for traffic/mpg reasons, but it remains to be seen whether i'll want to pay the upgrade cost (whatever that may be) to get a unproven AMT (unproven in the one-of-the-first-few-thousand-off-the-line sense).

It occurs to me that as a company selling an inexpensive commuter vehicle that plans to offer vehicle wraps as factory options, Elio would be uniquely poised to offer an additional vehicle discount option where, say, the vehicle is sold at (or below) cost but outfitted with an Elio advertisement...