Why The Prototypes Have To Wait On The Engine

[Cache Man]

it would be great if you can find out how they plan to generate the additional head room in the rear seat

As I said I would... Elio said: "Thanks for reaching out.
Our engineers are working on that as we speak and they are looking at all of their options. While we here in customer service are not engineers, we expect that the roof to go up and be elongated slightly.
Thanks again!"

 

[JEBar]

As I said I would... Elio said: "Thanks for reaching out.
Our engineers are working on that as we speak and they are looking at all of their options. While we here in customer service are not engineers, we expect that the roof to go up and be elongated slightly.
Thanks again!"

thanks, that seems to correspond to the info and diagrams G1 provided recently

 

[Ty]

Not in Ohio, guys. State laws require a NON FACTORY OWNED distributor (wholesaler) to dealer set-up. These laws were revised in 2014 to allow Tesla to operate 3 factory-owned stores and NO OTHERS, EVER.

State law also requires dealerships to have show room space for at least 1 car and a dedicated service facility either on-site or near by.

So in Ohio, the Elio sales model will not be legal. And the business model won't support having the cars marked up and sold through dealers.

On the other hand, Costco in Ohio will purchase a car for you and have it delivered, so there must be some legal work-around somewhere.

My guess is that in Ohio, Elio buyers pick up their cars in KY or in Shreveport. Which is a major pain for anybody in, say, Akron.

Do those laws apply to motorcycles as well? I thought I remembered some Harley Davidson played especially around there.

 

[John Painter]

So is this new crash simulation they've run?
This it the Tech Talk v58 Elio just sent out.

 

[Thomas Maule]

I gotta say I am impressed by the simulations. Both in terms of safety and as a progress indicator.

 

[JEBar]

I found Tech Talk v58 to be interesting reading .... its good to see Tech Talk getting back to technical topics .... it makes sense in today's engineering world to run well based computer simulations prior to actual crash testing .... I'd never heard of them (no surprise there) and was interested to read, "Elio Motors has the good fortune to work with Altair Engineering on our crash test simulations. Altair’s simulation tools are considered the gold-standard in the auto industry and are used by automakers around the world to gather important engineering information and make critical design changes."

 

[WilliamH]

So is this new crash simulation they've run?
This it the Tech Talk v58 Elio just sent out.

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Thought I'd add this link since I tend to avoid Facebook and others may also.
http://www.eliomotors.com/tech-talk-v58-recent-frontal-crash-test-simulation/
This gives the full detail and animation.

 

[cortsdad2]

My guess is that this was the major consideration that allowed them to make the reduced fuel tank size decision. Averaging 70 MPH you can cover 560 miles in 8 hours. I doubt many people care to spend 8+ hours driving without a break so even at 7.2 gallons the Elio fuel tank will still prove to be plenty big enough.

AND the smaller tank makes rolling weight that much lighter...