Send Email To Dop To Show Support For Elio Motors Loan.

[goofyone]

while working in RV sales, I toured bunches of assembly plants .... one concept I learned quickly is if a plant is turning out a vehicle very 2 minutes, that doesn't mean it takes 2 minutes to make the vehicle .... to determine how long it takes just to build it, one must find out how long elapses between the time the first component starts down the line until the vehicle with that component rolls off the line .... a factory turning out a vehicle every two minutes simply means that their manufacturing process is sufficiently large enough and is structured so that it can make that happen

You are very correct Jim.

The assembly line is merely a number of smaller steps strung together in a linear fashion to produce a complete product. There are actually two measurements which are frequently used to measure how long it takes to build a vehicle.

One measurement is merely the assembly time which measures how long it takes to put the actual vehicle together on the main assembly line using provided sub-assemblies. This includes the time from welding the pre-cut and formed chassis components together to driving the vehicle off the line.

The other measurement is total build time which includes the assembly time and adds the time it takes to produce and/or assemble sub-assemblies.

My guess is that it will not take very long at all to assemble an Elio from it's component parts. Assembly in the plant will be likely under two hours with the most time consuming part of the process being the paint process which is why there are seven parallel painting lines. However there will likely be 20 hours of labor time in building the vehicle and it's sub-assemblies.

Individual parts may take a good bit of time to produce. One example being it will likely take over a week of time from when an engine block mold is formed to when an engine is completed in Shreveport.

 

[Ronnie Smith]

I have seen where Elio motors is currently selling unneeded equipment to raise money to get production under way. Elio motors has a request for a government loan which should be emplemented sooner than later. The first phase of that loan has gone thru. Is their a website all Elio reservation holders could go to and let them know that this project is very important to us and is needed for this country also. Could they please expedite the loan as soon as possible. That way when the equipment in the gm plant is sold off, it could be used to pay the loan rather than waiting to use it to get production under way.

 

[Ronnie Smith]

I have sent an email to lgprogram@hq.doe.gov concerning Elio motors government loan . To let them know that this is a very much needed project. And would they please consider approving this loan not only for 38000 reservation holders of an Elio. But also for the good of the country. By creating jobs here. I would like for everyone to send an email as well to let the Dept of Energy know their is a ground swell off support for this project.

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  Ronnie SmithJust one email may not get noticed. But if all reservation holders would send one. It may get it started. If Ford motor Company can get a few Billion dollars for their projects. Elio Motors 185 million dollar loan request is nothing. But it will be huge step for Elio Motors.

 

[Smitty901]

Sent but meaningless effort. Loan is based purely on Politics if you are PC enough and support the right agenda approved if not you are out.

 

[Newworld]

I came to this personal non-political conclusion. I don't care for either the Government or Corporations, but feel Government is likely more genuinely concerned about the people......of, by, & for. In reality it's the richest 1% that continues to clinch tightly to a fistful of money in their pocket while still holding their other hand out for even more. This is why the rest of us are depending on Elio to finally provide us with the much needed affordable transportation that will help improve many lives.

The Auto Industry would have collapsed if the government hadn't provided the economic support needed to save it and our overall economy. There would have been no auto parts suppliers left in business to provide EM those off shelf parts needed to build the Elio.

I for one am hoping EM's $185M DOE loan application is approved. Elio's success will benefit the masses, some people barely able to afford commuting to their minimum wage jobs with the big benefits package the 1% so generously provides them via trickle down economics. Paul Elio is a breath of fresh air in the wonderful world of private corporate business greed. GO PAUL ELIO!

 

[RKing]

I for one think the Gooberment is all about power and getting reelected to gain more power and status, couldn't really give a flip less about "the people". Corporate is the same only substitute money wher I typed power.
GO Paul Elio, most definately a breath of fresh air !

(Sorry Goofyone, my last political post)

 

[Newworld]

Elio didn't start out asking the government, it asked us to support it. Fair enough. With our contributions and the Government potential the total comes close to .25 Billion dollars. To ANYONE who believes the government has your best interests at heart: get a heart transplant. The Gov has your money at heart, while they are printing fiat money all the while.

I am completely disillusioned with the fiasco that is Elio. Promise after promise has been broken; as well as deadline after deadline. Now I understand 2015 is out, but rest assured 2016 is D day. Really? How? What changed? Elio still trots out the now, very tired, mileage and cost estimates. If they are anything close to the failed deadlines, don't believe it. I put my money $1000 on the line, got the T-shirt and bumper sticker and blue sky to put them on. I'm not bitter; I'm bitterly disappointed.

 

[BlioKart]

Elio didn't start out asking the government, it asked us to support it. Fair enough. With our contributions and the Government potential the total comes close to .25 Billion dollars. To ANYONE who believes the government has your best interests at heart: get a heart transplant. The Gov has your money at heart, while they are printing fiat money all the while.

I am completely disillusioned with the fiasco that is Elio. Promise after promise has been broken; as well as deadline after deadline. Now I understand 2015 is out, but rest assured 2016 is D day. Really? How? What changed? Elio still trots out the now, very tired, mileage and cost estimates. If they are anything close to the failed deadlines, don't believe it. I put my money $1000 on the line, got the T-shirt and bumper sticker and blue sky to put them on. I'm not bitter; I'm bitterly disappointed.

Well I am sure we are all disappointed that Elio production is pushed back. Its all about money a project like Elio needs funds and without its a dead in the water. Its a waiting game now see what happens nothing we discuss here will change that fact.

 

[grampi]

Elio didn't start out asking the government, it asked us to support it. Fair enough. With our contributions and the Government potential the total comes close to .25 Billion dollars. To ANYONE who believes the government has your best interests at heart: get a heart transplant. The Gov has your money at heart, while they are printing fiat money all the while.

I am completely disillusioned with the fiasco that is Elio. Promise after promise has been broken; as well as deadline after deadline. Now I understand 2015 is out, but rest assured 2016 is D day. Really? How? What changed? Elio still trots out the now, very tired, mileage and cost estimates. If they are anything close to the failed deadlines, don't believe it. I put my money $1000 on the line, got the T-shirt and bumper sticker and blue sky to put them on. I'm not bitter; I'm bitterly disappointed.

I'm not quite as disappointed as you are YET, but I don't think the project can take another pushback on the production date...if it isn't a go in 2016 I think so many people will bail on them that the entire project will fail...I'm still holding on to hope that it will happen next year....

 

[Neal]

Elio didn't start out asking the government, it asked us to support it. Fair enough. With our contributions and the Government potential the total comes close to .25 Billion dollars. To ANYONE who believes the government has your best interests at heart: get a heart transplant. The Gov has your money at heart, while they are printing fiat money all the while.

I am completely disillusioned with the fiasco that is Elio. Promise after promise has been broken; as well as deadline after deadline. Now I understand 2015 is out, but rest assured 2016 is D day. Really? How? What changed? Elio still trots out the now, very tired, mileage and cost estimates. If they are anything close to the failed deadlines, don't believe it. I put my money $1000 on the line, got the T-shirt and bumper sticker and blue sky to put them on. I'm not bitter; I'm bitterly disappointed.

I understand how you feel. But, please understand that Elio has not broken any promises. We have been promised nothing. Deadlines have been missed and I think we are all disappointed on some level. Since you have $1000 already invested, as do I, I think the best route is to stay positive and help support them. I am not saying you fit this, but in general, I find it disconcerting how people with money invested post such negativity and venom (especially on the Facebook page). Doing that does nothing but hurt Elio's chances of success. I have money on the line and even with setbacks and some disappointment, I am going to be positive and push for Elio's success until the time (that i hope never comes) when I hear that the project is dead.