That's a cheap joke at the expense of the lives of the political figures who stood in the way of the 'Federal' Reserve,
and the dieselpunks who were denied the Helium their ships-of-the-air were designed for. Anyways...
Elio's VP of Engineering on Autoline After Hours from 20161016. His segment is over at 21:42:
Offered mostly without comment as it's been a few days since I sat through it. But looking for the break point I see that the trike's 0-60 time is up from 9.6 to 11 seconds.