E-series Engineering Completed!

[W. WIllie]

If it is not a "road-worthy" vehicle, how did they get it registered and running a license plate.

 

[floydv]

WTH is going on with that little quarter window behind the passenger window? Is it an empty space intended to save weight while adding strength like a gusset?

 

[Sethodine]

WTH is going on with that little quarter window behind the passenger window? Is it an empty space intended to save space and add strength like a gusset?

That was my thought (although I didn't know it was called a "gusset").

 

[RUCRAYZE]

I can't wait to find out about the gusset- will it be an option? :-)
Was a very exciting day, X:XXX, time to turn in- night all

 

[floydv]

I can't wait to find out about the gusset- will it be an option? :-)
Was a very exciting day, X:XXX, time to turn in- night all

You can order a steak with a side of gusset potatoes au gratin.

 

[floydv]

That was my thought (although I didn't know it was called a "gusset").

Best guess is that it's a faux window that's covered by exterior and interior panels. You can sort of see it in this zoomed in pic of the P5 under construction:

Here you can (barely) see the outline of a sunken triangular shape just behind the passenger window. It suggests that a second passenger window might be possible in the future with judicious panel removals.

 

[msmith5150]

It appears to me that the P5, instead of being a final and finished version of the Elio...
Was (as I always had a nagging suspicion it was) simply a powered mock-up...
That was needed to answer some basic engineering questions...
And to get closer to the final version with it's own engine...
And, very importantly, to help with fundraising.

Once again, I don't think the P5 is a 72mph road-worthy vehicle.

But, I think all of this was a very good plan by EM.
Even if they had a tendency to blur their intentions and facts along the way.

I still say, "Outstanding."

Pretty sure you are right on. I think the P5 still didn't have a working wiper? I could be wrong.

If it is not a "road-worthy" vehicle, how did they get it registered and running a license plate.

The P4 was registered with a plate too. I think they have a special type of registration for one-of-a-kind prototype vehicles for drive testing purposes and such.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Once again, I don't think the P5 is a 72mph road-worthy vehicle.

Honest question:

Why 72 mph?

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

WTH is going on with that little quarter window behind the passenger window? Is it an empty space intended to save weight while adding strength like a gusset?

AKA Lightening holes

 

[Marshall]

Honest question:

Why 72 mph?

If he's like most, it would be because he drives around a 65 MPH speed limit area. Most drivers go 10% over the posted limit because most of the time they won't get pulled over. But beyond that they will.

I do have a problem with drivers who think the speed limit is a minimum rather than a maximum. My reaction is always an instinctive desire to go slower!