Elio Motors, The Next Big Thing?!!...

[niky]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

An automotive version of Mel Brooks' "Springtime for Hitler" maybe?

Which means the movie will make more than the actual car?

[diesel_john]

When I reserved I figured 10k was a likely number. I've never thought 6.8k was doable even with an open wheel, convertible model. And I never thought car crash test numbers were obtainable. In a light vehicle the dummy will always perish unless he is molded in foam. Just saying if its too good to be true...
I figure my dollar is my vote. Whatever the price I'll have mine painted yellow for good visibility.

[Fat Charlie]

Originally Posted by niky

Which means the movie will make more than the actual car?

Tucker Part II: Three Wheels

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by oil pan 4

The more I see and here, Eilo is looking less like a real company and more like a shell company that is only being created to take government money so they can hide the money and fail.
I like the concept of the vehicle its self.

It seemed promising at first, and the concept is interesting, but if there was a real interest in bring it to the market they would have already released it into the market, even if they had to resort to a Volkswagen-based transaxle and a Harley-Davidson engine...

[ToddT58]

A friend in Shreveport (where they plan on building the cars) said it looks like this is a dead deal. Just a few years ago, there was lots of talk about making a similar "smart car" or "city car" 100 miles east in Monroe, LA. Lots of investor money, lots of federal and state money, lots of press releases until one day... nothing. They even spent months reworking a former GM-Guide plant. I was hoping the Elio would be different but wasn't holding my breath.

[Xist]

I imagine that some people are working very hard to make this happen, I am just not sure they are the more relevant people.

If it does not, if Elio goes bankrupt, could the patents or whatever be bought cheaply, or would that even be worthwhile?

[visionary]

Originally Posted by Xist

If it does not, if Elio goes bankrupt, could the patents or whatever be bought cheaply, or would that even be worthwhile?

What patents?
This vehicle was all about the different application of EXISTING technology and that may be an Achilles heel - if it worked the Chinese would do their version in a heartbeat

[Christopher Jordan]

Originally Posted by visionary

- if it worked the Chinese would do their version in a heartbeat

I saw a very similar 3-wheel enclosed 2-seat vehicle on Facebook yesterday; I can just hear the minds whirling at Alibaba

[Christopher Jordan]

Looks a little more motorcycle oriented: ww.minds.com/blog/view/418912986271322112/pedal-powered-car-can-travel-100mph
Patent? Patent? We don't need no steenking patent!

[MetroMPG]

Here's Elio's Supposedly 84 MPG 3-Cylinder Engine At Full Throttle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlM5jWOnDO8

Via: Jalopnik (where the comments, as always, are worth browsing)