I Have Given Up On Elio, Have You?

[Elio Amazed]

I was looking forward to my under $7K Retro Elio. A name change would be essential and the $20K EV option would limit the market interest.
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On a more serious note. Sonders is unveiling a new two-wheeled electric motorcycle at 4pm Eastern time on Facebook today. This while years later they continue to tell us that their second three-wheeler prototype is still under development and always "coming soon". I'm sure stockholders are elated.

 

[3wheelin]

There’s nothing to buy but the Elio brand/name and I think that’s a negative for many people. They couldn’t honor the reservationist pricing. If someone has an Elioesque EV vision it’s better to start from scratch. The styling could be somewhat similar to the Elio, but the MSRP will double Elio’s marketed $6800-7500 price tag. Please let me know when you test drive the SOLO. My guess is it’s performance and handling will be amazing. I like the Nobe’s retro look as much as the earlier Elio styling.

You're right, I meant the rights to the brand name. Nobe's got my approval too w/ their more aggressive performance + 3 wheel drive....but everybody's asking...when??? Electra Meccanica is silent about their production timeline, it's now about finalizing their USA assembly plant location choice as opposed to delivery schedule for this year. I can only guess their China plant delivered a few display units and now it's shut down. More frustration for reservation holders.

 

[3wheelin]

On a more serious note. Sonders is unveiling a new two-wheeled electric motorcycle at 4pm Eastern time on Facebook today. This while years later they continue to tell us that their second three-wheeler prototype is still under development and always "coming soon". I'm sure stockholders are elated.

When it's too good to be true, it usually is.

 

[Ray O]

Between all of the Doctor's appointments I've had I haven't had any time to try and contact them.
See I had no feeling in the little finger or my right ring finger for 2 years now and I'm trying to get it fixed.
Happened a month after they fried nerves in my neck (for the 8th time) and so I've been rather busy.
I'll give it a shot when I get some time.

I hope you get better.

 

[Coss]

Thanks RayO I've been to the doctors and they said it's not related to what I had done.
So now I just have to wait to get in there to get it fixed

 

[Josh]

As I have said before, you have unbelievable tenacity and determination. If you go thru a third unit that will be the bulk of that production run. No one will know more about those buggies than you. Good luck, I do hope this one is the charm.

 

[W. WIllie]

Me thinks you posted on the wrong thread.

 

[Ray O]

This would be great time for one of the auto makers to buy Elio then the cooperate gas mileage would go down and that would help thee bottom line. Ford make a great 3 cylinder engine and has a good cvt transmission. If all car went to electric there is not enough power in the grid. Also the cost of electric cars is still to high. GM also makes a 3 cylinder engine. forget the air bags and keep the cost low so more people can use the Elio cars to go to work when the pandemic is over. Just a thought.

 

[RSchneider]

This would be great time for one of the auto makers to buy Elio then the cooperate gas mileage would go down and that would help thee bottom line. Ford make a great 3 cylinder engine and has a good cvt transmission. If all car went to electric there is not enough power in the grid. Also the cost of electric cars is still to high. GM also makes a 3 cylinder engine. forget the air bags and keep the cost low so more people can use the Elio cars to go to work when the pandemic is over. Just a thought.

I got a feeling that will never happen. It's easy for us to determine what companies or rich people should do with their money. In the end, the powerplant and transmission is not a problem at all for Elio. There are at least 10 different 3 cylinder engines made right now that they could use. It's been that way for longer than Elio has been in business. This is why I never understood why Elio went the hard way and tried to build an antiquated engine. Obviously, they figured that out as they will not use their own engine now. Due to their financial issues and disappearing act for the last 2+ years, it would be safe to say the project is dead as the way Paul proposed it. It would have to start over from scratch and even the current design is dated and not close to completion. So, there's not much there to use.

On a side note, the garage down the street from me was doing a comparison on state inspections. In PA, you need to go over 5K per year to get emissions. So, before the pandemic, 90% of the cars they inspected, got emissions. Now it's only 10%. Many people are letting their cars sit and only using them when needed. They are seeing about 3-4K for a year of use. There's lots of unused product right now, so when things turn around, I suspect they will just use what they have as it's not been doing much.

Then, it's going to be a while before we are all electric. Even at that point, there will be lots of regular cars out there. So the electrical grid issue is still a long way off.

 

[Sside67]

HBO documentary coming out this week - The Lady and the Dale
https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the-lady-and-the-dale