Do Not Write To Doe. Write Here Instead:

[Sailor Dog]

Is anyone still writing Perry or Trump anymore? Has this stone started rolling? Are we there yet?

 

[Sailor Dog]

Don't want to bother with the template? Here's where you go to tell Trump's Transition Team how much the Elio will help to make America Great Again. You have to go to https://greatagain.gov then click on "share your story". Trying to go direct to the "share" page dumps you into a job application form.


Want some help? Read on.

EM does not want letters going directly to DOE at this time, if ever. However, there is another place we can write that is likely to get results in the short term.

So, the incoming Trump transition team has put up a site called GreatAgain.gov. One part of the site invites us to share our story / ideas to make America great again. Go to https://greatagain.gov and click the tab called “share your story.”Go to the link and write your story. You can pick and choose from the ideas below or just write your own. Note: Elio is aware of this effort. They have blessed.

I'm sharing the letter I wrote. Key parts are

1. Talk about Elio's importance in creating jobs. This is an attention-getter for Trump's people.
2. Talk briefly about the Elio itself.
3. Talk about your own personal reasons for wanting an Elio, especially if they are job-related.

Following my letter are some points you could choose from if you don't want to come up with your own.

Feel free to use this letter as an idea starter, or to copy it and modify it to suit yourselves.

The idea is to write your own letter, not just send a copy of this one.

Here's my letter:

I know a way to make America great again by creating a ton of manufacturing jobs. And these are new jobs. Better still, the money to make this happen has already been allocated by Congress. Let me explain. There is a new car called the Elio which gets 84 mpg, seats two, is really safe, and costs $7,300 well-equipped. Learn more at http://Eliomotors.com.

We’re talking 1500 direct American jobs in Louisiana, another 1500 indirect jobs from suppliers gearing up to supply parts to Elio, and up to another 15,000 jobs around the Nation. That’s a lot of jobs!

Elio is real. There are 63,000 paid reservations for an Elio. Elio is raring to go, and they are waiting on a $186 million DOE Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan to get the plant up and running. DOE has been sitting on this loan application since 2014. DOE admits the Company meets the technical requirements.

DOE has nearly $30B for these loans, so this is a small one. So get DOE moving on this to make America great again.

In my own case, the Elio will save me about $2,500 dollar a year. I'm 71, and that's a big chunk of money to me. So to make America great again, create manufacturing jobs, AND help the environment with a GAS POWERED CAR -- to do all this Mr. Trump should encourage DOE to at least launch a due diligence program to validate Elio's viability in the marketplace. Then maybe they will cough up a little of the money they've been hoarding for 10 years. Thank you.
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Here are ways Elio might affect you. Customize at will, or invent your own.

1. It will let me get to my job XX miles away.

2. It will save me $XX a month in gas I don’t have to buy (Figure Elio uses 1/3 your current gas)

3. It will save me a ton of money on insurance – stands to reason that repairing or replacing an Elio will cost about ¼ what it costs to total out an ordinary sedan, so the insurance will cost less. And it's lightweight, so liability costs should be lower, too.

4. It will let my kid get to college and back safely and cheaply

5. It will let me get to work AND feed my kids

6. It will help reduce our dependence on foreign oil AND our overall gas bill.​

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Tweets to use pushing this campaign:

Here’s a way to help make America great again — and get some gov’t people off their butts. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


American manufacturing jobs? You bet. Here’s a great way to help make them happen. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


Tell the #Trumptransition team about a great way to make America Great Again! How to reach them is in this article. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


Want to help @Eliomotors get going? #Trump wants to hear this! http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/

How much would Trump like to get 1500 new mfg jobs fast? Here’s a way you can help make it happen. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/ @eliomotors


Want to help @Eliomotors get going? #Trump wants to hear from you. Here’s one way. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


Tell #Trump about @Eliomotors. Here’s how: http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


What will make America Great Again? #Elio, that’s what. Learn how you can help here: http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


Think Trump should know about @Eliomotors, the “huge” little car? Here’s how to tell him. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


Saving the Carrier jobs was great, but @Eliomotors will create a lot more. Here’s how to tell him #Trump about it. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/


#Trump will love the #Elio.1500–15,000 jobs and all he has to do is tell DOE to get on with their jobs. http://www.elioowners.com/posts/173185/ RT pls!

Here are a couple for Rick Perry, new Secretary of Energy

‪@SecretaryPerry‪ #Elio car gets 84mpg on reg. gas. DOE loan to produce stalled for 2 years. 1500 jobs a phone call away. Help! #transitionteam



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Let's do more of this!

 

[Devilstower]

Trump's proposed budget completely eliminates the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. It also kills the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program, and just about anything else that might have possibly been a source of funds for Elio.

Of course, the president doesn't actually write the budget, but it generally serves as the starting point for Congress, and this starting point and this Congress make it unlikely that these programs will carry on.

 

[L0gic]

I thought ATVM overall was a profit generator for the Treasury. It makes no sense to remove this. Am I missing something?

 

[Devilstower]

Nope. Just that anything that looks like saving fuel is now evil. The budget even dumps the "Energy Star" program that rates the energy use of appliances.

 

[Bikebrains]

Let's do more of this!

Much has changed since the Greatagain.Gov link was posted and the link is no longer active.
The correct information is available at https://www.elioowners.com/threads/contacting-trump.8197/
For ATVM information use: For ATVM information use:
https://search.usa.gov/search?affil...nced+Technology+Vehicle+Manufacturing+Program

 

[AriLea]

Much has changed since the Greatagain.Gov link was posted and the link is no longer active.
The correct information is available at https://www.elioowners.com/threads/contacting-trump.8197/
For ATVM information use: For ATVM information use:
https://search.usa.gov/search?affil...nced+Technology+Vehicle+Manufacturing+Program

Definitely the best source of seeing the whole picture online. I like it. Realistic and sobering.

 

[Kuda]

Much has changed since the Greatagain.Gov link was posted and the link is no longer active.
The correct information is available at https://www.elioowners.com/threads/contacting-trump.8197/
For ATVM information use: For ATVM information use:
https://search.usa.gov/search?affil...nced+Technology+Vehicle+Manufacturing+Program

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