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So you have this super-efficient, high MPG vehicle that is financed with energy-sucking crypto currencies. Makes sense... ;)

With my current driving habits, 400kWh would get me 1400-1600 miles in my Volt pretty easily (3.5 - 4 miles/kWh). 1000mi/400kWh=2.5mi/kWh doesn't sound that good to me. Must be all those Ludicrous Mode jack-rabbit starts!

Yeah. I noticed that too. I had never considered silver/gray, but that rendering looks pretty sharp.

Yeah, I kind of jumped on that train about year ago when I bought my 2013 Volt. I use it almost exclusively for commuting, and after a year, I've put on 10,500 miles, but only used 44 gallons of gas -- 239 mpg! Yes, electricity isn't free, but I've done the math, and it works out to about 2.5...

The charging times on the Solo look suspect to me. It has a 16.1kWh battery, just like my 2013 Volt, and EM claims 6 hours to charge it at 110V. As a Volt owner, charging at 12A on a 110V circuit takes 12 hours or more from empty, and the Volt doesn't charge the full 16.1kWh. It's more like...

I think that $15,550 was already in US Dollars. The Electro Meccanica website shows the Solo starting at $19,888 in Canadian dollars.

At $14000, you might be better off buying a used Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt.

Hmm. Very strange. What's the advantage in that configuration?

Elio doesn't have good luck with Manhattan test drives, do they? Didn't they lose a muffler on the P4 and now they lost a fender with the P5? I hope they get it all refined. Cool video!

I hear ya. Sometimes I wonder what my Volt's electric range would be if I wasn't hauling around a engine, exhaust, and a fuel tank all the time... But, I like the peace of mind and at least the *ability* to drive long distances. It's almost like buying a truck. How often do you need to haul...

I think there's something wrong with that electric range. On my 2013 Volt, at freeway speeds (70 mph), with the A/C on Max in 100 degree weather, I can easily get at least 36 miles before the engine thinks about coming on. It almost sounds like the Volt that was test driven was in Mountain...

I know! I've got a bit of a paunch myself, and I've lost 5 pounds in the past few weeks just through diet. That's almost like shrinking the gas tank by one gallon. Four gallons to go...

Good catch!

That was perfect!:D Yakkity Sax goes with just about anything.

I like how he pulls up to the teller window at the bank and just keeps on going because he probably can't reach the tube from the window without getting out of the car. The classic Elio drive-through conundrum!

Zero to 60 in less than 2 seconds? Bah... It has roughly the same EV range as my Volt... :p

Down here in the San Antonio/Austin corridor, they're really building out solar big time. Last year, SA was generating over 100MW from solar, and Austin had about 40MW, and I read they're expecting to be up to 500MW in San Antonio, and up to 600MW in Austin by the end of this year. The growth...

This was one of the features of my Volt that I was surprised I liked so much. No more fumbling for keys!

A smaller, lighter replacement for the Chevy Volt engine? :-) A 55hp (41kW) engine should be plenty to keep the Volt going in most circumstances. The 65kW engine in the 2011-2015 Volt (75kW for the 2016+) seems more than enough. The only time I ever see the Volt pull more than about 35kW is...

Is anyone thinking about getting the wood paneling for the interior? I clicked around a bunch in the Configurator, and I can seem to see a scheme where that wood paneling looks good. It makes me think of a old Chevy Caprice station wagon with the wood paneling on the side. I'm thinking of...