I just love the looks of Toyota's I-road. From what I read, it debuted 2013 as a concept "leaning" electric trike and is now being tested in Japanese and European roads! I can't find when they first started working on the concept but w/ almost unlimited resources at their disposal, they've created a more complex trike which could hit the market soon if not already.
What's my point? Our ELIO is not electric so no range anxiety there, it's a much simpler design, almost 50K reservationist say they like it and so are thousands more just waiting in the wing and ready to buy! So where's the investors? EM publicly admitted that the ELIO has big, lofty and ambitious goals and as much as I hate it coming from them, they're right, almost like saying yeah, we should have started small but we didn't realize funding will be an issue! Because if it wasn't, it would have hit our streets sooner than the I-road! "IF" positive results from the e-series tests does not result in ATVM loan approval and investors continued to be cautious, we could all end up waiting indefinitely! Strictly my opinion only.
What's my point? Our ELIO is not electric so no range anxiety there, it's a much simpler design, almost 50K reservationist say they like it and so are thousands more just waiting in the wing and ready to buy! So where's the investors? EM publicly admitted that the ELIO has big, lofty and ambitious goals and as much as I hate it coming from them, they're right, almost like saying yeah, we should have started small but we didn't realize funding will be an issue! Because if it wasn't, it would have hit our streets sooner than the I-road! "IF" positive results from the e-series tests does not result in ATVM loan approval and investors continued to be cautious, we could all end up waiting indefinitely! Strictly my opinion only.
