Prepped And Ready For E-series Assembly

[Gas-Powered Awesome]

Random amateur observations:

1. Nice big engine mounts. Going to need them in a 3-banger without a balance shaft.
2. Hood hinge arms and mounts suggest two, 2-armed, articulated hinges far simpler than complicated P5 sliding arrangement.
3. Rear hub is... odd. Why didn't they use an off-the-shelf hub with internal ABS reluctor? Why the Rube-Goldberg contraption? Hubs like this can handle 2000 lb, have internal sealed ABS sensors, and cost $75 retail for one:
   
   
   
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4. Rear swing-arm otherwise looks well done.
5. Still adjustable coil-overs all around, so they are still fiddling with final ride height and strut length. Too be expected. We'll know it's really "production ready" when we see non-adjustable struts installed.
6. Front plastic fender now has proper mounting flanges, unlike the P5. Good to see.
7. Front strut-to-A-arm pushrod still adjustable with Heim joints. Again, that should go away and be replaced by fixed-length rod with proper sealed joints when it's "production ready".
8. I seen an air bag in the A pillar.
9. Gauges are conventional!
   
   
10. Elio looks good in white.

So, truly lovely to see progress, but this really is the "P6" production prototype to get the final dimensions and parts right. The "E2" will be the actual "E1", I think.

 

[booboo]

I was thinking along those lines also, I understand trying trying to get it right, but time flies when you're engineering fun. Get them doggies rollin.
@ElioMotors When do I get to Save The Earth in my ELIO ? Please hurry.

 

[ThreeWheelBurnin]

1. Gauges are conventional!

Good catch!

 

[Marshall]

First, I suspect there is a buildup time involved in producing the 25. Maybe build 1, then 2, then 4, then 8 and then 10.

Second, the E-builds started this month, not 6 months ago.

Other than typical startup problems, I think they are on schedule to have the E series built and tested in time to set up the Fleet 100 in December. Even if that rolls into January, there's a bit of a lull before they will be ready to secure funding and begin hiring and training the production line personnel.

But I'm relatively new (Feb 16) and haven't been through the prior disappointments. Hopefully I won't.

 

[HonestTex]

Wonder if that gague set will show up on the configurator????

 

[Maurtis]

LMAO, I was looking at the large versions of the pictures and saw the gauges. I was psyched to post about them then saw Awesome beat me to it. Good eyes, fellas.

 

[floydv]

Is it my imagination, or does the right side panel (it's on the left side of this picture) show a carve out of some sort for the side exhaust pipe? Does this mean there won't be the "bulge" or it might be significantly less bulgy than on the P5? It would be great if it had a more purposefully designed-in look rather than an afterthought look.

 

[Coss]

Is it my imagination, or does the right side panel (it's on the left side of this picture) show a carve out of some sort for the side exhaust pipe? Does this mean there won't be the "bulge" or it might be significantly less bulgy than on the P5? It would be great if it had a more purposefully designed-in look rather than an afterthought look.
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The first panel in the foreground (the long one with a hole on the left edge is the "bulge" from the looks of it; it didn't shrink very much.

 

[Jeff Bowlsby]

And did yall see the cruise contorl button on the end of the turn signal stalk in the same photo above?

 

[WilliamH]

Gonna have to disagree with you on this one, I'm seeing two different designs. Both mount points are behind the shock on the P5. Front and rear mount points on the E1.

Edit: scratch that. Was seeing something else. But it still looks different to me...

I think what you are seeing is the right hand side on the P5 and the left hand side on the E1. That's why the lower A arm looks different in the two pictures. Upper A arm is definitely different.