I went to check the reservation counter today and found this: http://www.eliomotors.com/investor-inquiries/
So the question of when/how it goes public is somewhat answered. Also, I don't think Paul Elio was reaching out to "you" as an individual, expecting you to contribute. Many reservation...
I'm lucky to have gotten to attend a handful of operas live. My high school orchestra teacher was/is a bass player in the pit orchestra for the MN Opera, so we took a couple of field trips there. In college, the music department road tripped there (4 hours) as well. I never thought about how...
My fiance rides a motorcycle with a sidecar through the winter (note I'm from MN and he's from northern WI). This will definitely be a step up in comfort from that (less of a windchill factor), and I don't anticipate any problems in light-moderate snowfall.
From The Truth About Cars, and posted by Elio on Facebook. It really is a more in-depth video/review than I've seen so far.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/08/exclusive-capsule-review-elio-motors-p4-prototype/
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We upgraded to $1K reservation on July 29th and only received an order confirmation. After emailing them directly early August, they said 4-6 weeks to get our number. I'm glad to see an actual date for the batch to be sent out. It's reassuring that they didn't miss us.