Ty
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With the assembly line already in place, they won't be coachbuilt at the Shreveport facility. They'll start the line and halt it after every minute or so to verify each station can perfrom it's job but after that first car comes off the line (there will be a bunch behind it on the line (one at each work station, of course), they'll crank up to at least half speed (full speed being 54 seconds per station) just long enough to get people into the flow and identify any material handling issues. Then, they'll move to full speed and they'll pop them out one per every 54 seconds (they may run slightly slower but really shouldn't).I predict the first few out of their facility will happen in June 15', but they will be handbuilt or coachbuilt cars, not "production" cars. The idea of production involves a substantial investment in automated assembly and material handling which costs hundreds and hundreds of millions to implement, and starting fresh perhaps 3-4 years to dial in. So we will see a handful next year, but not enough to satisfy a fraction of the reservations on record. What happens after that I suspect the company will close its doors by late 16', as it will not see any significant increase in demand it would need to justify a "production" model and investment. At that point maybe 500 or so coachbuilt units will be shipped, leaving the un-lucky owners responsible to somehow find a way to find or make replacement parts, and be their own mechanic. I'd purchase one if the company matures into a real company, but as that will never happen, they will just be rendered as a curiousity into some corner of the Smithsonian 20 years from now.