E-series Has Started How About Some Photos?

[W. WIllie]

Same thread, same link, let the video play all theway through, click on the next video....Time 3.58 minutes.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

sorry about that

No worries, man.

 

[leediablo]

I'm counting on the 4th Quarter production EM stated. Hell, I feel like I'll be dead & buried before I get mine. Also, I've been showing EM's web site to my friends, and since they changed it the pictures of the vehicle the new ones SUCK! No side pictures at all like the former site had of the marsh mellow one. Good way to lose sales. Wake Up EM.

 

[NSTG8R]

Huh? No side views?

 

[runt2]

Something similar happens to people who choose to live in in tiny houses (<400 square foot). Because it requires a lifestyle that eschews the philosophy of "bigger is better", many people in "average" 2400sq.ft. homes have an almost violent reaction to tiny homes. Because on some level, if I can be happier than you despite having less, it is like I am insulting your entire way of life. (I don't live in a tiny house, but I've been researching the movement.)

I live a large home but am also becoming interested in the tiny home idea - for the same reasons I'm drawn to the Elio. Maybe it's irrational, but I like the idea of simplifying, being happy with less, and using the savings for other things; travel (?), giving (?), learning/experiene based activities (?) - not sure, but the Elio is a good step in this effort.

 

[james92se]

I was on here a year ago in the extreme minority of people who were realistic to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Elio was not going to be manufactured last year and I was promptly called a troll by the strangely sensitive populace here. Funny how another year later we're in the same boat and people seem just as naïve and delusional.

I just can't fathom how anybody truly believes there are going to be Elios rolling off the production line by the end of this year. There are no final-production-clad prototypes tested (are any even built? aren't the 25 still going to be hand-built basically?), no Elio-specific tooling built and definitely not in place at the manufacturing facility, no manufacturing force hired (let alone trained). It just boggles my mind that anybody believes this will be the year. It's already March!

I would be shocked if Elios are rolling off the production line even in 2017. I think 2018 is more realistic.

 

[Sethodine]

I was on here a year ago in the extreme minority of people who were realistic to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Elio was not going to be manufactured last year and I was promptly called a troll by the strangely sensitive populace here. Funny how another year later we're in the same boat and people seem just as naïve and delusional.

I just can't fathom how anybody truly believes there are going to be Elios rolling off the production line by the end of this year. There are no final-production-clad prototypes tested (are any even built? aren't the 25 still going to be hand-built basically?), no Elio-specific tooling built and definitely not in place at the manufacturing facility, no manufacturing force hired (let alone trained). It just boggles my mind that anybody believes this will be the year. It's already March!

I would be shocked if Elios are rolling off the production line even in 2017. I think 2018 is more realistic.

Yes, we are an optimistic and delusional bunch.
The 25 Engineering vehicles will be produced on a version of the assembly line, using the same manufacturing practices and parts as will be done in the factory. In fact, a large part of the $12.5 million cost of the E-series is the tooling that needs to be done for their manufacture. Following the E-series tests, the rest of the hard-tooling will begin and get installed at Shreevesport. Going by the Q4 production deadline, hiring probably wouldn't start until June/July at the earliest, September more likely.

Anyways, didn't you hear the news? Elio is officially a Billion dollar company.

 

[Aprilia]

I was on here a year ago in the extreme minority of people who were realistic to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Elio was not going to be manufactured last year and I was promptly called a troll by the strangely sensitive populace here. Funny how another year later we're in the same boat and people seem just as naïve and delusional.

I just can't fathom how anybody truly believes there are going to be Elios rolling off the production line by the end of this year. There are no final-production-clad prototypes tested (are any even built? aren't the 25 still going to be hand-built basically?), no Elio-specific tooling built and definitely not in place at the manufacturing facility, no manufacturing force hired (let alone trained). It just boggles my mind that anybody believes this will be the year. It's already March!

I would be shocked if Elios are rolling off the production line even in 2017. I think 2018 is more realistic.

I agree with many (but not all) of your observations...

After the sale of Reg A+ securities...Elio is required to be more transparent and provide SEC mandated quarterly updates...

I'm more comfortable with 2017 date...

Within 6 months we'll all know about the true future of Elio Motors...so much to do...so little time...

But...I'd love to own one!

 

[RUCRAYZE]

I was on here a year ago in the extreme minority of people who were realistic to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Elio was not going to be manufactured last year and I was promptly called a troll by the strangely sensitive populace here. Funny how another year later we're in the same boat and people seem just as naïve and delusional.

I just can't fathom how anybody truly believes there are going to be Elios rolling off the production line by the end of this year. There are no final-production-clad prototypes tested (are any even built? aren't the 25 still going to be hand-built basically?), no Elio-specific tooling built and definitely not in place at the manufacturing facility, no manufacturing force hired (let alone trained). It just boggles my mind that anybody believes this will be the year. It's already March!

I would be shocked if Elios are rolling off the production line even in 2017. I think 2018 is more realistic.

welcome back, much hasn't happened since your last visit EXCEPT everything (actually it's been just the last few months)
I too feel it's still a reach,however with each announcement (closer together than ever before) it is going to happen.
Seems like you hold a small flicker of hope too.
Perhaps our sensitivity to trolls has been diminished by their absence.
The board , in my observation has been tolerant of nay sayers as long as they seem reality based, non rhetorical or nasty.
I and many others who voice negative concerns about the reality of the project are not ostracized by opinion.
There is a theme of sharing information about the Elio, and as you browse, MANY other topics.
Personally, this is the friendliest and most tolerant site I watch and share on a variety of topics.
I look forward to meeting my new friends, in person at the National Rally
I wish us all the best

 

[Marshall]

Yah Yah. I've seen more waterfall schedule charts than you can imagine. They are easy and fun to make and mean absolutely nothing against reality.

Since EM has stated that the "E-series builds have started!" I assumed than meant metal being bent and welders sparking. Apparently "builds have started" means preliminary planning and CAD work. What we used to call "getting ready to think about planning to get started".

That schedule is mighty light on production-side milestones. "order long lead equipment - Month 9" and "plant integration - Month 9" doesn't sound like "long lead" to me. In my biz long lead means 6-9-18 mos delivery after placing the order.

That schedule has 13 mos from "E1 Engineering drawing release" to Production starts. Assuming the drawings will be released end of this month we are at around April 2017 for production start - assuming they get the money they need.

I'd love to see production start on my birthday, March 24.