Kidding was RIGHT!!?? Holy ****....

On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:46:56 -0400, Leon Fisk
> wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:40:31 -0400
>"Existential Angst" > wrote:
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><snip>
>>Here's the Q:
>> Should cars be anything BUT an econobox??
>>Well, for asshole's like Kidding, and wannabee pimps in dey Escalades, the
>>answer is yes, they need Rolling LivingRooms..
>>Me, I chill in my living room, and drive my car from point A to point B.
>>A/C and heat is really all that counts.
>>If I had bevies of yuppie girlfriends, then I'd need an Audi or BMW.
>
>Have you seen this three-wheeler yet?
>
>===
>GRAND RAPIDS — Elio Motors, a startup company that hopes to put
>American commuters on three wheels rather than four, rolled into
>downtown this week to show off the car it hopes to begin building and
>selling next summer. The silver prototype, which carries two passengers
>tandem-style, was not available for test drives because it’ s not
>licensed or approved for road use. But company officials were happy to
>take reporters on short spins around the parking lot across the street
>from River House Condominiums on Bridge Street NW. The three-wheeled
>car was designed around four principles established by company founder
>Paul Elio, said Chip Stempeck, Elio’s vice president of marketing, who
>is taking the car on a tour of Michigan cities this week. The car had
>to deliver at least 84 mpg on the highway, cost no more than $6,800,
>have a five-star safety rating and be made in America, Stempeck said.
>The 850-pound prototype achieves those goals through a combination of
>light weight, aerodynamics and five air bags that will be deployed in
>case of an accident, Stempeck said...
>
>http://www.mlive.com/business/west-m...l#incart_river
>===
>
>It was on our local paper's front page today.

I love stuff like that. It's either going to be fun to see a niche
market variation on a motorcycle, or fun to see people line up to lose
their money on obvious vaporware. Putting a body on a motorcycle
doesn't make it a car, and it can't make it cheaper than a bike. The
price is entirely unrealistic, likely the weight as well no matter how
flimsy considering all the advertised features. The 5 star crash
rating claim is probably backed up by nothing but adspeak. The company
is promising the world and that's a very bad sign with startups. The
money raising angle is scary.

This guy agrees.
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/15/...ler-wont-sell/

But he seems to be an outlier. Most of the media is simply retyping
the Elio press info. The hype reminds me of Moller and Aptera.

>Should set EA's heart
>aflutter...

Nope. Company says "no one will pass gas stations like you." EA likes
to complain about that A LOT. And the statement isn't true. A whole
bunch of different models can pass more stations.