Fundamental changes in the nature of the business could mean:
-Producing hats instead of cars
-Starting up a new dot com
-Opening an Italian restaurant
How much work you are doing today as compared to a year ago is subjective, so it doesn't really count. Maybe the reason for publishing things about the lights, manufacturing processes, fenders and performing customer service by answer questions like "If you put wings on the sides of the Elio would it fly?" is a way to show everyone that they are still working hard. For all we know, they might be building 20 E series cars right now or just hanging out at a Starbucks using the free WiFi and posting press releases. We don't know.
Again, Elio needs to surface with something to make the reservation holders, Shreveport and stock holders happy. If you check, there's been lots of Elio volume today and the price is going down. So, Elio needs to calm the masses.