The E-series Build.

[WilliamH]

Once they get to opening up the retail centers each one should have One bare frame on display so customers can see the underlying structure as well as the finished product.

As a gear head geek, I would love to see the frame in the showroom.
As an average customer who wants 84MPG hwy, 49MPG city, the car to start in the morning and get from point A to Z it's not clear that I would care what the frame looks like.
On this board we are mostly very interested in the internals.
Most people just don't care.

 

[BiloxiGeek]

As a gear head geek, I would love to see the frame in the showroom.
As an average customer who wants 84MPG hwy, 49MPG city, the car to start in the morning and get from point A to Z it's not clear that I would care what the frame looks like.
On this board we are mostly very interested in the internals.
Most people just don't care.

For the investment of one bare frame and the floor space to display it I think they'd get a lot of bang for that buck. If the store is in the mall imagine the couple wandering around on an afternoon shopping trip. (And yes I'm just gonna get all stereotypical here.)

She says "Look how cute that is, and 84 miles per gallon? I have to get a better look."

He says, "Damn, look at that frame, I want to poke around at that and get a closer look at the engine too."

I could easily see that scenario playing out in a shopping mall location damned near daily.

 

[Elio Amazed]

Photos of the E-series build in this week's blog. Pix show three frames on jigs -- one of them has a pretty good sized divot in it (the tilted-up black-coated one).

Nice to see - sure looks cleaner and better organized than the prototype builds!

The divit(s) (There are actually four) look to be spot welds.
They're not clearly visible on the uncoated frame because of the finish and angle of view.

 

[Elio Amazed]

Teasers from today's blog!!! Squeeee!!!

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I see those two and a third in the background

I'm not seeing a third in the background. I do see two frames and a pile of parts in the background though.

 

[floydv]

Teasers from today's blog!!! Squeeee!!!

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I see those two and a third in the background

You can already see some of the post-P5 changes. Note the extra L-shaped brackets and cross-brace providing additional support and rigidity in the engine compartment (starting from the base of the windshield). Note those braces are not in the P5.

 

[BiloxiGeek]

Is that the third in the upper left?

 

[Elio Amazed]

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Is that the third in the upper left?

Frame parts.

 

[Ekh]

Frame parts.

Looks like the back end of a chassis to me. But didn't we hear someplace that they are building two right now and the rest soon? Or am i misremembering?

 

[Johnny Acree]

I think it is the right side of the body

 

[Anderson Howard]

How can We talk Paul into putting a live camera feed on the progress of the two frames.