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I was on the BBB site and decided to look up Elio Motors. Seems others are having a hard time to receive a refund on refundable deposits. https://www.bbb.org/us/az/phoenix/profile/new-car-dealers/elio-motors-1126-1000028977/complaints

That's a mystery. At this point, there is zero researchable evidence that Pauls claim that "half the width, double the mileage" is a reality. I've asked Elio in person and via email and zero response. I would love to see someone shoe me that what Paul says is actually true. This is with real...

It will be hard when you are trying to run completely different products down an assembly line. Thus the reason why Ford doesn’t run pickups and Mustangs down the same line.

The best part is, Tesla is letting everyone know now as opposed to right before they get to production. They were able to see what the bulk of the consumers want and adjust their production schedule accordingly. They learned from the Model 3 and are taking a proactive position now as to keep all...

I don't live in Texas but here in eastern PA, what I see are people that own crew cab short bed pickups. About 30% of them tow a travel trailer up to the Poconos about 4-5 times during the summer. Other than that, they use them like a car. Honestly what i see is what Paul Elio seen when he came...

Remember, Joel still works for Elio Motors. He now has two jobs with the same title. The connection is Hari who is a board member of Elio Motors, Director of Elio Engineering and CEO of Kapeesh. Looks like Hari is super busy working with three different companies and now Joel with two. Best part...

The VP of Governmental Affairs at Elio Motors got a new job as the VP of Governmental Affairs at Kapeesh. Just so you know, the former COO at Elio Motors, current Board Member of Elio Motors, current Director of Elio Engineering, current founder and CEO of Kapeesh, Hari Ilyer hired Joel on. If...

If you are a dork like me then this is a good explanation of the Tesla Cybertruck and when it comes to EV's. I met this guy two years ago at the SEMA show but he does a very good explanation of energy and what you get out of it. So, I suggest you watch this as the numbers do not lie. Plus he did...

If you look at it. FUV, SOLO and Sondors are all struggling. FUV is trickling out the product, SOLO seems to all of a sudden acted like they needed to make a change and Sondors is dead in the water. People need to realize, that the money is not going into ICE but something else. Then the EV...

That's because at $7500, it will lose money. There's no way Elio Motors can make money at that price. Paul bit off more than he can chew on this one and the investors know it. This is why the private funding ran out in 2012 and he turned to public funding after that. Think about it, the whole...

Makes me wonder why people would not just buy an old used VW TDI for $1500, spend another $2K on replacing anything that breaks, insure it only for liability then enjoy 42 city and 49 highway. The Elio will not be out for at least 76 weeks and even when it is, then sell the TDI. I blows my mind...

We covered that here a while back. From looking at the date, it was Jan 15, 2018 which will be a two year old story in about a bit over a month. At the end of that news story Joe says, "He (Paul) is eyeing late 2019 as a production date." Here we are in late 2019 and mid 2021 is the earliest it...

Problem is, the 2020 Versa is all new and it is $14,730. So the old Versa is only that price until old stock runs out. Since the Elio might come out in mid 2021 and that 12 months will be used for fulfilling SIL's, we have to use 2022 and 2023 prices then.

In the end, only the federal government sets the standard. As for the price of insurance, the IIHS sets that. So if the Elio sells the numbers that they hope for (125K to 250K) and people do with them what they hope for (not as garage queens but using them as daily transportation) then the...

Correct. When you market the Elio where you are implying that it will be as safe as a car, then you have to use car standards for the testing. Same when to comes to mileage. In the end Elio didn't market itself against other three wheelers but four wheelers. In the end, you have to ba careful as...

I suspect that the TV reporter snooping around got this taken care of. because if Paul would have waited longer, this would have opened up a pandoras box. If a story like this broke, a bunch of other websites would get a hold of this and then everyone that knows Elio Motors, will be concerned...

I think it's much easier to buy a car today than years ago. Now you can research all of the info and figure out what the price is. Back in the day, you had the newspaper and then multiple trips to various dealers. I hated that. When I bought my TDI back in 1999, barely any dealers had them, thus...

That's cool. It's a great example of the power of today's CAD programs, automated machining and prototyping. I bet that 3D printed a few versions of it before firing up the laser cutters and CNC machines.

At least the right side of the Elio should do well since there's no door. In the end, when the IIHS tests the Elio, that will tell the tale. We know that they will test the Elio when it comes out. I do know that the IIHS only tests production models not prototypes. This is why they buy cars off...