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Not a bad idea, and I like the keep it simple part. But even burner phones cost $10 or so per month, which is $120 per year. in five years thats $600! Naturally there are people to whom that's chump-change, but for some of us that's real money.

Well you will be right for awhile, but I think it will happen rather quickly that the Elio DOES become a major seller and there are LOTS of them out there, making it a theft target after all. As usual though, a hidden kill switch is the best anti-theft device you can get. My personal design...

I know there are some rather 'challenging' entrance ramps out there, but gearing up another generation of pocket rockets for sub 5 second take offs is NOT the answer. The future of transportation is not going to be continued cheap energy. PERIOD! Get used to it. Fuel will keep going up in...

Just to throw it into the discussion, you can't just go sticking headlights out the sides of the body or fenders, or even surface-mount them without having an impact on aerodynamics. Remember aerodynamics? It's an important part of the 80+ mpg target. Before anyone answers, YES, I know...

wouldn't it be great if they could incorporate the light standards of EVERY country from the outset? Except that many of those are outright contradictory to each other. One country REQUIRES amber fog lamps, others like many US states BAN them outright. Parking lights, rear fog lamps, etc, etc...

Rather than replacing the headlights you could add them as driving lights. LED can be packaged in a very thin, flexible 'stick-on' form factor as a panel or ribbon with minimal wiring. LOTS of possibilities for the aftermarket and us garage tinkerers. There would be ramifications with local...

I think you're probably right in that they'll want to gen up another upgrade option. If that's the plan, I gots no problem with it. There have been more than one expert saying that Elio cannot possibly survive on the margins they are forecasting, so if they intend to make it up on option...

I keep hearing that 'cheaper' thing and I don't see it. Don't you have to have a way to unlock the doors from the inside with no power? If that's the case then you already have a complete manual locking assembly to which you then ADD a selonoid, wiring, switches, and whatever else it takes for...

The word from Elio is that it may or may NOT come with a remote. with no remote, WHY POWER LOCKS?? I don't think the concept of a remote is really eluding so many as you think.

because I was trying to keep it simple. And because adjustments in mechanical drag would work out mathematically very similar to changes in air resistance. And I don't think there are really going to be major differences from one vehicle to another of similar size, since they really have...

Might be a good idea to add in some power ports, both 12 volt and USB. I can add all I want but I suspect most people would find it challenging. As important as our phones, tablets, gps, laptops and so on have become in modern life I think many people would consider these things pretty...

Is there something inherantly evil about having the best of both worlds? Would we be somehow 'getting away with something'? I just see it as not getting physically attached to another object by an inclined plane wound helically around an axis as much as other people who, by the way, will have...

I think it'd have to be a DOT approved helmet, but considering the plastic beanies the harley guys are tending to wear these days, apparently the DOT certification is not that stringent.

I had to get an endorsement in TX, and all I had to do is take a written test, which was, shall we say, less than challenging, and then I had to provide my a driver and a vehicle for the official to follow me in on my bike while I rode a couple blocks in a residential area. After not messing up...

Hmm Interesting issue. There are certainly handicapped persons who ride motorcycles with some degree of modification or other, and I assume they must have tested on their modified bikes. So they can't reasonably expect you to modify a bike just for the test, and they may be forced to let you...

OK, "optional third row seating" becomes "optional second seating". It could come standard with a milk crate second seat like my first car.

I be ridin' white and nerdy! certainly drag coeficient is exponentially more important as velocity increases because the drag is a function of the velocity squared, all else being equal. But we don't run our engines at 100% output all the time. Typically we are only using a small fraction of...

Why does everyone act like it's SUCH a big deal to get a cycle endorsement? All states I've gotten them in have been easy! Most of the tests were really kind of a joke. There's nothing to be so worried about, they don't make you do wheelies in the parking lot or jump through flaming hoops or...

I don't think there is any inherent problem with us diy'ers doing mods. I've done some pretty crazy stuff, but if you think it all through quite thoroughly the major disasters can be avoided. That being said, I do have to agree rhat seat mounting, while not being rocket science, is probably...

Yes and no. Sorry guys but I have to indulge my inner nerd a bit. Aerodynamics is essentially referring to air resistance, which is a function of a number of constants in this case with the prime variable being velocity relative to air. A 50% change in velocity will result in a change in air...