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Can we change "views" to "reservations"?

I've always had a spare car. I work on them myself. Over the last 30 years I've tracked the cost of keeping that spare as opposed to not having it. In the end, it costs more vs the mileage and time I keep them as opposed to just having one. Since the spare car ends up being the older one, it's...

Also, there's another engine that could go into the Elio from GM. It's the 1.3l Turbo that will go into the Korean Malibu for 2019. http://gmauthority.com/blog/2018/11/2019-chevy-malibu-gets-all-new-1-3l-turbo-three-cylinder-engine-in-south-korea/

That's not correct. You need to look at overall maintenance costs of the two. In the end it's higher because even though you are not driving the #1 car as much, it will still require upkeep that has nothing to do with mileage. People believe that if they park the car that it just sits and...

No way an engine would be half the price of the Elio. That guy is looking at MSRP for buying one engine and making that judgement. If Elio expects to sell 125K/year and they only sell 20K/year, the price will go up. I have worked with a place that makes tankers trailers for the compressed air...

People end up having an "and" fridge. It's that when they do, it's usually one they got for free and stick it in the garage because they need more space. In the end, it costs them a pretty penny because it sits in a hot garage in the summer and pretty much had to run constantly to keep those...

You have to look at the real cost to buy an Elio for the average person. Let's look at some numbers: Elio: $10,700 Tax (6%): $642 Shipping: $600 (using an average for shipping cars) Fees: $100 (There will always be a paperwork fee) License: $25 Total: $12,067 Then you have insurance. I've...

I found the Vanderhall, Tanom Invader, Shotwell, Rocket II Trike, Davis Divian, T-Rex, Piaggio, Shotwell, Aptera and V-13R as the 3 wheelers that have been on Jay's show since the beginning. I can't find the Elio episode though.

Since the video came out, the channel has had 262,346 views and 95,473 (36%) have been for just Elio. That's $69.26 - $1,047 in earnings. So Elio accounted for $24.93 - $376.92 . It looks like that just making videos about Elio is more profitable than making the Elio. With all of these views...

My brother is deaf (has been since birth). He just uses the text option that you can use on youtube videos (just like on TV). He knows there are no Elios on the road.

Also, let them know in the corrections that Elio will start production at at unknown date which will be full funding plus 76 weeks. So for today, that's June 20, 2020 and that they will spend the first year fulfilling the 65K reservations. That means for new reservations, it'll be June 20, 2021...

Last month I was out in Nowheresville, Ohio working with a machine shop. The owner just got a new X5 and I asked him if they had opened up a pickup truck dealer because his lot is full of them. He has 60 employees and they did a survey on what people drove. It was 35 Ford Trucks, 20 Chevy...

In addition to that, we have all watched the major auto companies try to go electric and use existing gassers. In the end, it just doesn't work. They tried and that's why the next generation will be more along the lines of Tesla when it comes to design.

Why is the volume so low? That concerns me way more than the price.

What most people I know look at is that they use their car for more than just going to work. They haul kids, groceries and stuff. In this day of age where you are required to have a boatload of safety gear for babies and young kids to ride in a car, it has become a real pain to get them in and...

I'm not saying to use Tesla as a supplier but a technical partner would be something of a benefit. No matter what anyone thinks of Tesla they pretty much rewrote the book on EV's when it comes to packaging and technology. In my opinion when it comes to the engineering behind the car, Tesla beats...

I would never deal with GM on anything. Even though their electric car is loved by the owners, it's a horrible design and was only made to be a compliance car. GM made it too much like a gasser and then tried to convert it to electric. GM never got the full potential out of it. Plus the...

Here's what I'd propose (since I've never seen the latest 2016 model Elio I'll have to guess a bit). Change the chassis to accommodate a battery pack. So, whatever Tesla has done with the Model 3 battery pack, Elio would have to use that architecture but sized to fit into the Elio package. This...

I think you are right. People don't necessarily buy what they need because if they did, they would do two things: 1. Keep their car until it's too expensive to keep going. 2. Buy the cheapest no frills car they can buy which has a trunk and can hold 4 people (i.e. Nissan Versa). 3. Use public...

What Elio would have to do is knock it out of the park for Electric. So it really becomes a packaging issue. The floor and front of the vehicle needs to be full of batteries. That would require a chassis change as the current one would not have enough space. The reason for the amount of space is...