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LOL and here I though Fool Cells being the future had already been as thoroughly discredited as the flat Earth crowd. It's really quite simple to see fuel cells are a dead end technology for 2 reasons, ok, maybe 3 reasons: 1) The electricity used to produce a given quantity of H2...

Wait what? There are people who still think the Elio is going to be made? :eek: It was apparent to me they would fail when they raised more than they needed to build the 25 prototypes and failed to build even a few. It would be nice if they succeeded but I don't know what universe they...

So what will we get first, a Model 3 from Tesla or our Elio? I'm quickly losing faith that the Elio will be first...

What a waste getting rid of your car that soon! All my cars go to the junk yard when I am done with them or maybe I should say when they die. I've had my current car since 2003 It was built in '99 almost 17 years ago. If this doesn't die soon it may be the first car I've owned that doesn't...

As the owner of an EV I'd love to see an electric Elio but there is nowhere to put enough batteries in Elio to make it feasible with current battery technology. Not to mention keeping 70% of the weight over the front wheels like the current design with a gas engine. I would love to see...

I noticed the gauges in the E1A while reading the Truth about Cars article about the E1A press event. So there is hope we won't have to suffer with the aweful Eglin gauges!!!! WOO HOO!!! UPDATE: sadly I stand corrected that these are not the final gauges... :(

Did I miss something? Just what are these mysterious "Four Key Engineering Milestones" that are necessary prior to E-Series production? I don't see any information that expands on this anywhere.

"Wasn't it nice of Kanye West to do a song with that unknown Paul McCartney guy? I bet it will help boost this McCartney guys career!" - Supposed quote from one of West's fans. LOL

LOL I think you are on to something here.... I vaguely remember EM had said something about using some the stamping dies on the final production line. I wonder if that was dependent on them raising the full 25 million.

Still you miss what is clearly in front of your nose. I explicitly said I have no knowledge of EM. I was speaking from my experience in manufacturing. Not unlike a carpenter who knows how long it takes to build a house calling bullsh!t on another claiming they'll have their house built in...

The point I was trying to make that seems to have been missed is that it takes time set up a production line. EM is close but not quite at that point yet. I say this based on my experience starting up new manufacturing lines and what EM has publicly released. EM has stated that they haven't...

That makes sense from a cost viewpoint. Only one transmission design. Just with 2 control options....

Even if Elio got the ATVM loan today, they still have to tool up the factory and then ramp up production. That would take at least a year. Assuming they've already done some tooling at the factory they might get a few elio's out the door by the end of the year. I'm a mechanical engineer and...

I wonder if the "automatic" transmission is going to be basically the same transmission as the manual one just "robotized" for those who can't drive a stick. I recently saw a show on how some modern vehicles have these electrically controlled "automatic" transmissions that are basically manual...

You mean like on a motorcyle? Not a chance of that happening. They're trying to make the elio as car like as possible. I'm just wondering if it will be a 4 or 5 speed.

I'm in for what ever day Elio is there.

if you use one of the inflation calculators such as; http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ $6800 in 2008 is $7455.26 in 2014.

The signed buns are on display throughout the restaurant. It' wouldn't be practical to take a picture of them all.

Is anyone coming to this meeting tomorrow?

Any of the restaurants I mentioned are ok with me. You picked Tony Paco's and I haven't seen any votes for any other place.. If this is where we go I will suggest the original location on Front Street.