Hmm. If we get bad news I'd be surprised if it was about the engine though. Unless they are inept at a level I have yet to see, they would already know what they were going to say in two weeks time and, if bad, they would not have given us this week's good engine news beforehand.
Business leaders often employ the strategy of covering failure by lauding success. I worry that Elio Motors might be kicking off three weeks of positive views on engine design and trial development to mask bad news regarding funding.
The timing on the engine news is directly related to the fact that in two weeks Elio Motors will be at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas which is a major industry event. EM is fully aware that this would be a great place to have news about, and possibly even publicly display, the new engine. EM would not commit themselves to this timeline unless they were as sure as they could be of this news.
Unless the CAFE credit changes get pushed through congress before the loan is approved I would not expect any more news, good or bad, about funding until after the DOE makes it's decision on the loan.