This is why you need to avoid Tesla. Battery technology will be outdated with Fisker. Toyota will keep up with the formula that works. Toyota didn't become a powerhouse by accident. With the new solid state that Fisker will be using soon, I can see a 200 mpg Elio using that same battery and...
Just so you know, that in the state of Louisiana, January 3 is their April Fools Day. I even have proof. Watch from the 8:30 minute mark and you'll see it's a fact. The thing is, Europe, China and South America won't realize that it was a Louisiana Aprils fools joke until the end of this year...
You are looking at this completely wrong. People are not looking at building an Elio and thinking they will spend $7450 for the whole project. What they are looking for is a kit they can build because they know they are going to spend $20K. It's not to be an everyday driver to get 84 mpg so they...
There's a guy over in Harrisburg that could do the body easily as long as there a 3D CAD file for it. He does bodies for racing and thus they take a car, scan it and then make the molds. These guys scanned in a 60's Ford Falcon and made a Trans Am body from that:
These guys scanned in a 1965...
You forgot to mention that the Chinese will charge everyone $20K for the Chelio and all of those people that signed the commit to buy will be forced to pay that because of a little unknown clause in that contract.
I sent them an email and the response was:
Thank You for your interest in Elio Motors. We are happy to announce that Elon Musk has bought the company and will be handling everything from here on out. So, contact Tesla Motors for all updates.
A Civic would probably work but since Elio already figured out 10 years ago that a Geo Metro is the perfect donor car, that would be the one to work with.
If Paul hired me this is the response you'd get.
Thank you TexasTesla for your question. We strive to have a real person answer your questions in the next 48 hours.
After looking at your questions we are to tell you that all hands are on deck to secure funding. We will let you know when this...
I doubt anyone cares where the exhaust is routed on their current car. I know that Tesla ran into an issue with it a few years ago but as of today, I think they got it taken care of.
I suggest you click on the link and then find out who owns Freedom Motors. It's a great weekend research project. Hint: The first name of the owner is "Paul"
Moller is in debt. It's because they did all of this work for another company and never got paid. Here's the company and they are still in business:
https://freedom-motors.com/
So you would not buy stock in this company then (which has been around since the 70's and did an IPO in 2006):
https://moller.com/
This company proves that you can keep the dream going way longer than Elio has. he made his millions from selling SuperTrapp.
Then watch this series of videos. Just imagine building an Elio and then sticking in a Ford 1000cc, 3 cylinder Turbo Ecoboost crate motor that has a plug and play harness and ECU along with yanking parts from various Metros in the U pull it junkyards. Talk about the ultimate father child project...
If Elio does go bankrupt. Hopefully Factory Five picks up the design and then you can do just what Elio did. Use a mid 90's Metro as the donor car, while they send you the same fiberglass body that's on the E series and the previous tube frame. Because the Orange on and that Silver one had most...