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  1. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    Given that -40 is the coldest I can remember from my childhood years in Pennsylvania, Sodium NA batteries should be good for use in more than just the southern areas.
  2. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    If this helps, the people working with Aptera say it should take about 10 minutes per part, no longer hours per part.
  3. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    Given how I've seen flat pieces vs curved pieces are in traffic and accidents, I hope it is NOT a flat piece.
  4. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    When trucking I had both the atlas and the cellular map GPS, I found it was usually 2-5 years between when a highway or interstate section was opened to the public and when it became updated in the atlas despite it being "up to date" with its annual publishing.
  5. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    time to get back on topic of the autocycle.
  6. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    Before I had a head injury and had to stop most of what I had been doing, I had been a truck driver delivering processed pork from North Carolina to Florida and Maryland. Every day with various stops I had days with at least 500mi with some over 600mi, though only once a hair over 700 and that...
  7. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    I'm in a 20MPG vehicle, I liked my 37MPG Fiesta, and I had been looking forward to the 84MPG Elio. Routine 1200mi trips make gas come to mind as an unnecessary expense after knowing what is possible because it has been made but manufacturers choose not to produce :( While I'm also in line for...
  8. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    Here's hoping that the reduced width gets better MPG as my Fiesta (37 MPG) couldn't even make 300 miles given that the tank is the same size. Thanks for explaining the why instead of just a "no", ignoring the question, or deleting the post entirely like Aptera is known to do.
  9. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    "which determines where the fuel tank will go" What size will the fuel tank be? I had a 8 gallon tank in my 2015 Ford Fiesta and a 25 gallon tank in my current 2003 Cadillac DeVille. Going the same routes, I only have to fuel the Cadillac once vs having to fuel the Ford three times for the same...
  10. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    "as the shorter wheelbase allows a lower car" What is the current clearance and what will it be lowered to? My car has a 6" clearance and a 55" (between front tires) wheelbase, I scraped the bottom of the car last year while turning from a road onto dirt for parking beside the road. I realize...
  11. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    I hope at least on the right where the center storage is common in cars & used as an arm rest, but in this vehicle it's open space for the passenger's legs and cargo.
  12. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    My 2015 Ford Fiesta had front disc brakes and rear drum brakes. It's up to Bex, but I'm thinking the same for his vehicle? Disc for better braking & on wet roads, drum for parking. Given the Honda Fit source of parts I googled it, it also uses disc in the front and drum in the rear.
  13. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    I must have either missed or forgotten that, but thanks.
  14. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    A couple decades ago I was good with manual, and did that in my first two years of trucking as well, but now my left knee just can't handle that. I'd say either go with the default automatic that has been in cars for decades (while being MPG horrible) or if it's available from the parts he can...
  15. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    I mostly like your idea, but I'm wondering how 3-4 degrees off straight orientation would impact seatbelt safety, and if the rear seat would be better off with buckling the belt on the left side or the right side. I'm leaning towards having a seat oriented slightly right and how the chest belt...
  16. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

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  17. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    Not exactly in-thread, but I hope to have this vehicle join my other 2!
  18. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    I'm really hating what Aptera did there even as I love the rest, they made the car too friggin wide! It's wider than some trucks even! It may be fine on the interstate and highways, but my city (Fayetteville) has gone with the narrowest lanes legal by state/federal regulations on many major...
  19. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    Thank you! I hate those headlights sitting on top of the hood too.
  20. Joshua Caldwell

    My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

    Mark Bex, I wonder if a thin but wide horizontal light in the grill would be be a workable solution for you. If it is, it would be worth writing the US government agency listed in those articles if this would be sufficient for their regulations. I know they exist, because people near where I...
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