I visited ELIO facebook website just now and picked out an interesting reply from ELIO MOTORS when asked when actual production will start. Here's EM's reply verbatim:
ELIO MOTORS "Hello______, we'll be able to start production after we build and test the E-series testing vehicles (being built right now), build and test the 100 pre-production fleet sales (planned to start being built this December), and RAISE the remaining funds to tool up our Shreveport plant."
So, there's no fund as of yet to tool up the plant let alone pay for the parts and materials that compose the entire ELIO trike....and it's engine! It's obvious that they have the funds to build the e-series, it's also obvious that from these statements, the 100 fleet sales will NOT be built at Shreveport because they don't have the funds to TOOL up the plant. So unless I missed something, who and where will these 100 pre-prod be built? Will EM comes up with "more" pre-prod to be built in Shreveport assembly line once they acquire the funds? Or should EM had worded it "raise the remaining funds to tool up the Shreveport plant...THEN build and test the 100 pre-production fleet sales"???
ELIO MOTORS "Hello______, we'll be able to start production after we build and test the E-series testing vehicles (being built right now), build and test the 100 pre-production fleet sales (planned to start being built this December), and RAISE the remaining funds to tool up our Shreveport plant."
So, there's no fund as of yet to tool up the plant let alone pay for the parts and materials that compose the entire ELIO trike....and it's engine! It's obvious that they have the funds to build the e-series, it's also obvious that from these statements, the 100 fleet sales will NOT be built at Shreveport because they don't have the funds to TOOL up the plant. So unless I missed something, who and where will these 100 pre-prod be built? Will EM comes up with "more" pre-prod to be built in Shreveport assembly line once they acquire the funds? Or should EM had worded it "raise the remaining funds to tool up the Shreveport plant...THEN build and test the 100 pre-production fleet sales"???