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If that's true, I wish they would just include 2 profiles in the ECU and put a simple button on the dash to switch between "Eco" and "Sport" mode. The engineering and parts required would be so cheap (assuming they're already planning to allow a tweak) and it would be a huge selling point...

Except that in Elio's case, more weight is not a good thing. They could stack 100 concrete bricks in the back seat for a cost of $35 and that would add 500 pounds, making the Elio $4.02/lb, but that wouldn't increase its value...

Can never be too sure with some of the folks on here ;)

I In all fairness, both sides make money in the arrangement - assuming the people making determinations on the loans are doing their job. They're loaning taxpayer money to incentivize efficiency improvements, and then collecting interest on those loans. Not to mention, they're pushing the...

Not to beat a dead horse, but here's another scenario (because I still have the spreadsheet open). Again take your 20k spark at 119mpg and an old used Crown Victoria at 19mpg that you could buy around here for about 2k. Using the same $3.5/gal and 12k mi/yr as before: The spark would save...

Who knows. MPG is only critical when comparing like-priced vehicles. It takes a LONG time to make up a difference with most cars. Shoot, I drive over 24000 miles a year in my 30 mpg subaru and even the Elio will take me over 5 years to break even and it's both crazy cheap and crazy efficient -...

Based solely on the hypothetical numbers you provided (and assuming a fuel cost of $3.5 per gallon): The Elio would cost roughly .058 per mile to drive while the spark would cost .029 per mile At 12k miles a year of driving, the spark would save you $347.06 per year in fuel. However, because...

I'm reading through the loan requirements and I found this part particularly interesting: Projects must be “financially viable without the receipt of additional Federal funding associated with the proposed project” ATVM is a loan program, not a grant program. It provides “expansion capital,”...

It'll be awhile before there's an unreserved vehicle or even a lot to buy it off of.

I've had a couple hits of people trying to access my accounts lately. Both IPs (one Russian, one Chinese) have been logged spamming forums. Anyone else see something similar? Trying to track down where they got my email address.

This is Tech Talk v34, not sure why they captioned/titled it like a press release then wrote it like an article written by a third party... Edit: posted this before thread title was changed

Looks like I'm in the minority on here which is interesting considering most of my searching turned up similar layouts. My last two cars have been Hyundai and Subaru Rentals have been Chrysler And Ford and Dodge Honorable mentions include Honda Kia Aston Martin And...

It's a fair point though. If, someone has a reservation at #1000 and they're allowed to transfer it to someone else with the condition that the new reservation holder is at the back of the line - then nobody now has reservation #1000. If they were dead set on a 1:1 place-in-the-assembly-line...

Repair concerns could go hand-in-hand with insurance if you think about it. A car that is more expensive to repair is going to be more expensive to insure. My only concern is there is probably going to be a very narrow band for insurance claims on these things with high deductibles (like I...