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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...

It's good he got his money back. 7 months and 120 emails is excessive for a measly $250 though.

If this was true then this is what would have happened. 1. The car companies would have told Stu Lichter to not deal with Elio Motors, thus no car plant and equipment 2. The car companies would have told the blue chip suppliers not to deal with Elio Motors 3. The car companies would have told...

Same for the Jeep crowd. I see plenty of Jeeps all tricked out but look pristine. Might as well throw in the Corvette crowd. The car is to take on the world for sportscar racing yet most that own them, look cleaner than when they left the factory. So, there's the idea of what to use a car for...

They speak the truth. Only for right now. It sounds like back in the late 80's when you wanted to tow a trailer with a pickup, the only choice was a Ford 460 or a Chevy 454 (nobody used a Dodge). Diesels were junk. Even into the early 90's, if you had a diesel pickup you were an idiot because of...

Tesla has been setting the standard for crash safety. I have a feeling that with their previous successes, they know a thing or two about how to make it safe. Plus, for crash safety, you can't make a car or truck built like a brick. You have to make it crush because when they put them crash test...

A neighbor years ago worked at a GM dealer and got a Cutlass diesel for free (the customer had enough as the engine went south once again). It was in great condition (because it spent most of the time in the shop). This guy brought it home and pulled the engine out and took it apart. What...

Coincidentally, this was announced yesterday: https://ww.electrek.co/2019/11/26/lincoln-will-build-an-electric-suv-based-on-rivians-chassis/ Knowing how the traditional car companies work, the F150 Electric will be a rebodied Rivian and whatever plans they had for it just got pushed into a...

Connie was never on the BoD. She was just the CFO which is part of the management team. Management team: https://ir.eliomotors.com/management-team Board of Directors: https://ir.eliomotors.com/board-of-directors