Energy Department Revives Fuel-efficient Vehicle Loan Program - March 26, 2015 - Wsj.com

[WilliamH]

Is it Morgan that is still built with a wood frame / chassis?

Yes.

 

[JEBar]

News & Observer (blog)

NC House vote gives legal status to nonexistent 'autocycle'
News & Observer (blog)
... two-passenger vehicle heavily promoted but not yet manufactured by Phoenix-basedElio Motors. He paraphrased Elio's advertising claims when he ...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article16413380.html

from link above : "After the 113-0 House vote, the autocycle bill now goes to the Senate."

with the realities in Raleigh, something like that just don't happen ....

 

[ThreeWheelBurnin]

Medina Lake comes to mind

You mean, Medina Puddle?

 

[JEBar]

You mean, Medina Puddle?

the inability to close Medina Lake's spillway has devastated that part of the state

 

[JEBar]

News & Observer (blog)

NC House vote gives legal status to nonexistent 'autocycle'
News & Observer (blog)
... two-passenger vehicle heavily promoted but not yet manufactured by Phoenix-basedElio Motors. He paraphrased Elio's advertising claims when he ...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/traffic/road-worrier-blog/article16413380.html

I've just emailed the NC Rep who sponsored the above legislation as well as our NC Senator requesting that he support it when it gets to the Senate

 

[Johnapool]

My answer from The U.S. Energy Secretary:

Dear Mr. Pool:

Thank you for your March 30, 2015 email to Secretary Moniz
regarding the Elio Motors application for an Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing (ATVM) loan. The Secretary has asked the Loan Programs Office to
respond.

We appreciate your interest in Elio Motors and federal financing
and funding opportunities available through the ATVM program. Additional
Information about the ATVM program, as well as current projects and funding
opportunities, may be found on the Department's website (www.energy.gov/lpo).


Thank you again for your interest in the program.

Sincerely,

U.S.
Department of Energy
Loan Programs Office

 

[John Painter]

My answer from The U.S. Energy Secretary:

Dear Mr. Pool:

Thank you for your March 30, 2015 email to Secretary Moniz
regarding the Elio Motors application for an Advanced Technology Vehicles
Manufacturing (ATVM) loan. The Secretary has asked the Loan Programs Office to
respond.

We appreciate your interest in Elio Motors and federal financing
and funding opportunities available through the ATVM program. Additional
Information about the ATVM program, as well as current projects and funding
opportunities, may be found on the Department's website (www.energy.gov/lpo).


Thank you again for your interest in the program.

Sincerely,

U.S.
Department of Energy
Loan Programs Office

Translation: we don't discuss the status of applications under review.

 

[Johnapool]

Translation: we don't discuss the status of applications under review.

Or they just don't discuss anything with the general public...the return email was unsigned...it was about the most generic reply I have ever received from a government agency. Most of my missives to the IRS were answered more fully and signed by a real person....lol...
Oh, well, it was just a citizen's attempt to add a voice to the cause. I think if they received thousands of emails about an important cause it might matter...maybe not...
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 

[karl]

Yes.

Yes if you mean a wooden frame for the body, the chassis is made of steel.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/04/how-morgan-cars-are-made-by-hand-out-of.html

 

[Cache Man]

Changed article source so it should work for everyone now. The ATVM loan programs covers automotive suppliers as well and Alcoa is an automotive supplier.

Alcoa is a very large aluminum supplier. I'm not sure what else they may do. They provide aluminum for the auto and aerospace industries.