Momentum V105

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Elio Motors Momentum v105

Every successful project is driven by a collection of valuable assets. At Elio Motors, we possess several crucial aspects that we believe will allow our mission to be successful. One of our most important assets is our manufacturing plant in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Click here to read more!





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The Elio Team posted: " Every successful project is driven by a collection of valuable assets. At Elio Motors, we possess several crucial aspects that we believe will allow our mission to be successful. One of our most important assets is our manufacturing plant in Caddo Paris"

An Inside Look at Manufacturing and Launch
by The Elio Team

Every successful project is driven by a collection of valuable assets. At Elio Motors, we possess several crucial aspects that we believe will allow our mission to be successful. One of our most important assets is our manufacturing plant in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. As a part of taking our supporters along the journey and providing a view behind the scenes, we will give an inside look at our manufacturing and launch plans through a series of Momentums. Today, we will take a look at the location we call Elio Caddo Operations (ECO.)

We are very fortunate to have aboard our Vice President of Manufacturing and Product launch, Gino Raffin. Mr. Raffin is responsible for the launch of the vehicle and the successful startup of the Shreveport plant. Mr. Raffin and has an accomplished track record with Chrysler including the launch of The Viper, Chrysler Minivan, and the 300 are just a few of the successes listed on Mr. Raffin’s resume.

Our 1.7 million square feet plant was previously home to General Motors. The plant was built in 1981 and was significantly expanded in 2002. The plant is connected by a Trestle conveyor system and has exceptional rail/truck access. Additionally, it is a modern facility in which full conveyance and transfers are automated. There are two separate buildings, aptly called Building A and Building B.

Building a vehicle can be likened to building a house: it all starts with a strong foundation. As part of a traditional manufacturing environment, we will start with the body shop, then to paint, and finally general assembly.

Let’s take a look at the two different buildings.

Building A- General Assembly

Building A is home to all the “hang on” parts of the vehicle, or put another way, is the trim chassis and powertrain section. This building is structured in a highly-efficient X layout. This allows us to quickly move materials throughout the plant. It is especially efficient for the movement of inbound parts from our supplier partners, minimizing the ground to cover from receipt to workstation, and allowing for a just in time delivery process.

Building B- Paint/Body Building

Ironically, this is where the vehicle’s construction begins. The primary functions of Building B include the body, frame, body panels and paint processes.

Activity at the plant to date has involved several different teams making visits to verify equipment, the condition of the equipment, verifying blueprints and layout, and to sell excess equipment we will not be using. Activity to date has been quiet but will pick up aggressively as we near the start of production.

The ultimate mission of ECO is to ensure the safety of our team, to ensure that we are building a quality product and that our plant remains a world-class manufacturing facility. In the coming weeks, we will take in-depth looks at the process, from beginning to end.

The Elio Team | May 10, 2017 at 7:14 pm |

 

[Ty]

While this momentum didn't really say anything, I'm looking forward to a series about the plant. I've often wondered about the photos used in the momentums and about when they were actually taken. I hope they show pictures of the assembly line and perhaps some evidence of moving things around for their own line. Hopefully, it'll be obvious they have made some strides there.

 

[booboo]

Interesting Momentum. Seems to me Elio is really pushing in the direction of production now.
I suppose Elio had concluded, the time is right, for many reasons, which we all know.