Momentum V127

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How our marshaling centers will provide for an easy and expeditious purchasing process!

Elio Motors Momentum v127

American consumers to expect a superior purchasing process. For this reason, we plan on making the vehicle buying process more on-demand through the use of our planned marshalling centers.






*MSRP excludes destination/delivery charges, taxes, title, registration, and options/installation.

Certain statements in this email including, but not limited to, statements related to anticipated commencement of commercial production, targeted pricing and performance goals, and statements that otherwise relate to future periods are forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to the Company on the date of this email. Elio Motors assumes no obligation to update the information in this email.



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The Elio Team posted: "We live in an increasingly on-demand age. In the past, if you wanted to watch your favorite program, you needed to be in view of a television in real time. Appointment television viewing has been replaced by a box that can play favorites at the touch of a"


New post on Elio Motors

Elio On Demand
by The Elio Team

We live in an increasingly on-demand age. In the past, if you wanted to watch your favorite program, you needed to be in view of a television in real time. Appointment television viewing has been replaced by a box that can play favorites at the touch of a button. Instead of having to wait 4-6 weeks for a package to arrive, consumers can now count on goods arriving within a 48-hour window while being able to track delivery in real time. Improvements in both technology and logistics have allowed American consumers to expect a superior purchasing process. For this reason, we plan on making the vehicle buying process more on-demand through the use of our planned marshalling centers.

The buying process will be different for our more than 65,000 reservation holders and the general buying public. While the marshalling centers and retail locations (which will be located in the top 60 US Markets) are being developed, reservation holders will have several different delivery options available. These details will be rolled out well in advance of production. After we have filled every reservation, new customers will be able to purchase their vehicles from a retail center. As we have outlined in a previous blog, our dealers will more closely resemble a retail store, think open floorplan like an Apple Store, than a traditional car dealership. The plan is to allow Elio customers to stroll into an Elio Motors store, select the vehicle they want to their exact specification and pick it up the next day. The Elio marshaling centers will make our on-demand ordering process possible.

At our plant in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, we will manufacture 14 standard vehicles: 7 distinct colors with 2 different transmission options. Once these vehicles roll off the production line, they will be transported by truck or rail to our marshalling center locations. We will have between 7-12 marshalling centers across the country, depending on geographic demand. Each center will be within 8-10 hours of an Elio dealer to ensure a quick turnaround. Additionally, the plant in Shreveport will act as a marshalling center.

Each marshalling center will have an Elio Customization Studio (ECS.) In these studios, components will be added to the vehicle. The ECS flow is designed to ensure that all installations are done correctly and quickly.



Here’s how the process will work:

Once the vehicles roll off of the assembly line, they will be transported to the marshalling center. Once received at the marshalling center, we will utilize bar scanning technology to track the vehicle and options. Vehicles needing options will then go through five different areas in the ECS receiving the necessary options according to the build order. As each component is added to the vehicle, it is then scanned and moved along to the next station in the line, ensuring every option ordered is installed. Once all options have been added to the vehicle, it will be scanned again and placed in the staging line to be delivered to the Elio dealership for delivery to the customer.



As just about all of our purchases are on-demand, we believe that the car buying process should follow suit. By making the process more on demand, the Elio will be in even higher demand.

The Elio Team | October 18, 2017 at 7:53 pm |

 

[booboo]

I am not sure if this makes sense to me.
For instance: If I want Color coordinated trim, Custom color carpet, Enhanced dash speakers, Leather seats, etc,
wouldn't it be cheaper to install during manufacture ?
I understand add ons that install with with a click or turn of a screw being done after manufacture, but some "accessories" are better and easier done in the OEM factory.
Maybe this sentence is leaving that door open. " Additionally, the plant in Shreveport will act as a marshalling center."

 

[John-b-gone]

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The Elio Team posted: "We live in an increasingly on-demand age. In the past, if you wanted to watch your favorite program, you needed to be in view of a television in real time. Appointment television viewing has been replaced by a box that can play favorites at the touch of a"


New post on Elio Motors

Elio On Demand
by The Elio Team

We live in an increasingly on-demand age. In the past, if you wanted to watch your favorite program, you needed to be in view of a television in real time. Appointment television viewing has been replaced by a box that can play favorites at the touch of a button. Instead of having to wait 4-6 weeks for a package to arrive, consumers can now count on goods arriving within a 48-hour window while being able to track delivery in real time. Improvements in both technology and logistics have allowed American consumers to expect a superior purchasing process. For this reason, we plan on making the vehicle buying process more on-demand through the use of our planned marshalling centers.

The buying process will be different for our more than 65,000 reservation holders and the general buying public. While the marshalling centers and retail locations (which will be located in the top 60 US Markets) are being developed, reservation holders will have several different delivery options available. These details will be rolled out well in advance of production. After we have filled every reservation, new customers will be able to purchase their vehicles from a retail center. As we have outlined in a previous blog, our dealers will more closely resemble a retail store, think open floorplan like an Apple Store, than a traditional car dealership. The plan is to allow Elio customers to stroll into an Elio Motors store, select the vehicle they want to their exact specification and pick it up the next day. The Elio marshaling centers will make our on-demand ordering process possible.

At our plant in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, we will manufacture 14 standard vehicles: 7 distinct colors with 2 different transmission options. Once these vehicles roll off the production line, they will be transported by truck or rail to our marshalling center locations. We will have between 7-12 marshalling centers across the country, depending on geographic demand. Each center will be within 8-10 hours of an Elio dealer to ensure a quick turnaround. Additionally, the plant in Shreveport will act as a marshalling center.

Each marshalling center will have an Elio Customization Studio (ECS.) In these studios, components will be added to the vehicle. The ECS flow is designed to ensure that all installations are done correctly and quickly.



Here’s how the process will work:

Once the vehicles roll off of the assembly line, they will be transported to the marshalling center. Once received at the marshalling center, we will utilize bar scanning technology to track the vehicle and options. Vehicles needing options will then go through five different areas in the ECS receiving the necessary options according to the build order. As each component is added to the vehicle, it is then scanned and moved along to the next station in the line, ensuring every option ordered is installed. Once all options have been added to the vehicle, it will be scanned again and placed in the staging line to be delivered to the Elio dealership for delivery to the customer.



As just about all of our purchases are on-demand, we believe that the car buying process should follow suit. By making the process more on demand, the Elio will be in even higher demand.

The Elio Team | October 18, 2017 at 7:53 pm |

Additionally, the plant in Shreveport will act as a marshalling center.

A glimmer of misspelled hope

 

[booboo]

What am I seeing? tint windows? a hood scoop? and racing stripes?
https://www.eliomotors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mo1.jpg

 

[Donnyboy]

Maybe this sentence is leaving that door open. " Additionally, the plant in Shreveport will act as a marshalling center."

I think so. The Shreveport plant will be able to add certain features before the car leaves for the final ECM. A custom paint job is probably one of those features, along with some of the ones you mentioned. I guess they want to keep the main assembly line as simple as possible....like the black Model T.

 

[Made in USA]

Its also possible that the Elios shipped to the marshshalling centers are not finished. Could be no carpet, radios, etc are installed at the factory. In essence they will have split the manufacturing process into two steps. If so, then the question becomes "where are they actually made?" It could easily be argued that they are "made" or at least "finished" at the marshaling centers. It would also help the employment of people in the marshalling locations. I think it's a good idea.

 

[Rob Croson]

What am I seeing? tint windows? a hood scoop? and racing stripes?
https://www.eliomotors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mo1.jpg

* Hood scoop
* Front chin air dam
* Rear spoiler
* Rear side window shutters
* Custom side decals
* Custom ground effect side body panels

There are some other minor differences (tail light, front wheel pod shape, etc), but I think that's just due to the differences in overall vehicle design between the two pictures, rather than options. The top left drawing is an older body style (P4/P5 era) and the bottom right is the latest version (post-E1C, even, I think).

 

[Ray O]

I'm just wondering if we only had one color and one transmission would that help speed up the production and increase the profit. Could that result in and earlier production date?

 

[Samalross]

I'm just wondering if we only had one color and one transmission would that help speed up the production and increase the profit. Could that result in and earlier production date?

If they had one transmission which could they choose? Making auto only transmission would raising the price to about $9500 which would deter a lot buyers and investors. Having a standard transmission would keep the cost low, but lots of people are unwilling or unable to drive standard. The auto should be a big source of profit for Elio because it does not cost much more to make and they are charging $1000 for it.