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My i3 has them in the floor just like a Tesla. Plus BMW is now replacing them and using the old ones for batteries in a house. They don't do it in the US but they do in Europe. Plus you can upgrade your batteries too. The i3 is interesting because it's an aluminum chassis with a carbon fiber...

They were not the only ones cheating. Its that we in the US made punished them over and over again just to make an example of them. Hopefully the Elio does have a Chevy ignition switch. They don't pollute. If you peeled the VW badge off of the motor and it gave 100 mpg, I bet you'd look the...

You have to remember, it's the mileage vs the power output. The smaller turbo engines are getting much better mileage but they are making way more power. This is why Honda can stick a 190hp 1.5l turbo motor in a CRV. It has great performance and the economy is not suffering. Honda sticks in tiny...

The question was about an option and how much you'd want to pay. Spreading FUD about turbos is not the way to scare people off. There are too many manufacturers of too many cars that offer turbos as standard today. Many of those cars are hitting 20 years old and the car is rusting out, interior...

Hasn't this Idea of a rich guy just flooding Elio Motors with money been floated around before? You'd think that for such a great idea, that all of these rich guys would just throw money at it. Elio Motors has been around for a while yet no rich guy has shown up and given Elio a big check. I...

I'm happy to see that Elio is still on board with the UN and working to fix the climate change that humans have done. That along with fixing the poverty cycle and more American jobs is why it's the only choice. Having Elio Motors correcting a social and climate issues is why we need this car. If...

Maybe the goonies will show up and save Elio.

That's fine but the thing is, If Elio allowed a Turbo option, then what would you be willing to pay for it? The best part is that for the turbo haters, they are not forced to have a turbo, only as an option. So I hope everyone realizes this as the question was given as an option (i.e. leather...

Elio stock is shooting back up today, so goon news is on the horizon. It's almost to $4.

I will disagree. What you are saying was true if it was 1985 but for today, there are way too many cars, SUV's and Trucks that the turbo system and engine are outlasting the car itself.

There will be a switch but just like every car out there. TC on or off. The TC, DBW and the stability control are all interlinked. Continental is supplying the ABS unit (which operates as the stability control unit) and the ECU. I'd assume they will include the programming for the EDL...

Everyone needs to remember that this is a MoU. It's pretty much a handshake deal. No legal binding or contract at all. There's a reason why the Fortune 500 company does not want to be mentioned until there's a contract in place. I'm actually amazed that Elio even mentioned anything due to the...

The Elio has DBW and will use TC. I can't think of any car or truck since 2005 that has a throttle cable. Maybe in some third world country. Even the Elio engine had DBW and used TC.

I know that Roush knows because they have a building full of dynos that run constantly doing EPA cert for many car makers (not just Ford). The heat generated from the dynos actually heats many of their buildings during the winter. Remember, EPA cert is not just the motor either. many people...

3.31 - 0.49 (dn 12.89%) :closed_2: Shares Traded: 8 7 1 5 For the more sophisticated: :popcorn: 3.31 - 0.49 (dn 12.89%) 3.31 / 3.75 (450 x 100)

As an Engineer I have to deal with metric, Imperial and US standard. On the other hand, when you get your Elio, it will have three non metric items on it. The speedometer (which probably will have km/h in small font anyway), the wheel diameter and wheel width. There's not a single automotive...

European drive cycle for computing fuel consumption is not the same as for what we require in the US for 4 wheeled cars. 3 wheeled, has no official specifications for calculating fuel consumption so you can make up anything you want. I'm only using l/km because it's obvious that when you look up...

The Ford Ecoboost that's 100hp has the lowest fuel consumption of their small engines. In the Fiesta that car has 4.8l/100km as opposed to the 5.0l/100km for other small less powerful motors. VW does better. They are at 4.2l/100km with their 90hp 1.0l TSI and then beat everything with the 1.6l...

Sounds like Ford or Chevy then. ECOBOOST or ECOTEC Take your pick.

The FCA engine you are talking about is made by this company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Engine_Alliance