This 3 wheel commuter car attracted the curiosity of those who have had Geo Metros in the past several years back. An early prototype basically used the engine, transmission, dash, and other interior parts from an old Geo Metro. This was not stated in the video or literature but it was quite obvio…

I thought they were history myself but them someone was talking about them. Then I saw they still had a website. People have probably given up on them for sure and odds are they will never amount to anything.

I can’t think of any successful startup selling cars in the US since WWII, aside from Tesla (ignoring the limited-production sports car makers).

I think that they should go back to just making pizza. [image]

In a different country where they don’t have all the government requirements for expensive custom electronics on cars, or in the USA back in the 70s, they might have made it. Now it’s too expensive for a small volume auto maker to survive unless it’s some very expensive performance or exotic vehicle…

I was wondering about the same thing. Maybe make EV accessories or EV offroad vehicles that don’t need to meet all the safety standards. People drive those UTV/Gator things on the roads around here all the time and go like 50mph. Of course they don’t meet safety standards.

I thought I recognized that Elio thingy. [image] Elio Motors looks a lot more more like smoke and mirrors General Discussion Who couldn’t have seen this one coming?? Elio Motors has $100K in the bank but $123M in debts. We may have to wait way longer to answer the quest…

This Elio effort might be the 21st Century version of the 1970s-era Dale automobile scam. [image] [image] Liz Carmichael and the econo-car con of the 1970s Liz Carmichael died in 2004. But her legacy with the Dale econo-car, complicated and controversial, lives on. Est. readi…

This has been going on for like 10 years and nothing has come of it. Apparently they are being fined as well. Elio Motors - Wikipedia The BBB gives them an F but the BBB is a “pay to play” scheme and apparently they didn’t pay. It is super easy to sign up for the BBB and buy yourself a good rati…

How about Rivian? I don’t know a lot about these guys but apparently they actually have some cars on the road. It looks like they are their own company and not part of another company like Ford or something. They might be another example of a recent startup that is being adopted. They may not la…

[image] cwatkin: How about Rivian? I don’t know a lot about these guys but apparently they actually have some cars on the road. They’ve just started selling cars, maybe they’ll survive, maybe they won’t. They’ve sold less than 5000 vehicles so far, Tesla sold 300,000 first quarter.

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I thought I recognized that Elio thingy.

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