Information is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes, not for trading purposes or advice, and is delayed. I feel like they must have pushed back timelines on the release date. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. I think the vast majority of folks realize this is not a scam, he said on Sept. 14 in his first major media interview in several years. American Consumer News, LLC dba MarketBeat 2010-2023. Only thing that competes price and gas wise would be a motorcycle. Up until this year, fuel efficiency was. Elio Motors secured more 65,000 reservations for the (Elio-G) gas-powered vehicle, proving the demand for its unique styling and design. test drive it and consider it, primarily as our 2nd car. Well these reservations do look good it is still unclear how many of these people have put down the full $1,000 "All In" deposit for an Elio. The announcement is based on the change in consumer demand and finance markets' new appetite for electric vehicles. We are one day into 2021 targeted production. Because theres no evidence of that, ever.. We reached out to Elio Motors and they replied: "The tech team is aware and working on it, thanks for the heads up though, we appreciate it. The projections, which did not include range, cited a possible $15,000 price. Alas, I do live in a very rural area and I know that not only would I be considered crazy for owning one, it truly wouldnt be very practical for driving up and down country roads, nor would it fulfill all my vehicle/space needs. and our Elio Motors, Inc. ( OTCQB:ELIO) is an US-based startup that is focused on designing and manufacturing a safe, affordable, and fuel efficient vehicle that is targeted towards urban commuters.. I can see the financial benefits but the sacrifice in style is not worth it in my opinion. Last year, the company reported a $10 million loss in the first six months, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. May 3, 2017. The Cost of Manual Transmission vs. Automatic Transmission: Is it Worth it? Im just about 20mpg now, so the 20,000 miles take me 1000gal or about $3500/yr. Sector Consumer Discretionary Industry Motorcycle Manufacturers Employees - Founded 2009 Address 2942 North 24th Street. Vehicle shown is the gas powered version. I dont see the point in comparing a Smart to a Versa, and then stating the problem relates to an American stereotype of wanting bigger and faster cars using 2 cars in the same price range as examples. Im a bit of a car geek when it comes to automotive fuel efficiency gains. Survey says car buyers are taking fewer and shorter test drives. But just recently, the website became active again with a new announcement: The Elio will be reborn as an electric vehicle known as the Elio-E. Target price: $14,900. This thing could do exactly what it purported to do, so why hasnt one of the worlds member of the billionaires club just go ahead and bankroll this project and get it to the masses already. Getting fined in 2017 for unlicensed sales, Elio consistently failed to provide details on its plan to do much more than sell off tooling in the GM plant it occupied. The announcement is based on the change in consumer demand and finance markets new appetite for electric vehicles. [3], The vehicle's design was illustrated to include air conditioning and heating (projected to be manufactured by RedDOT), AM/FM stereo, power windows/door lock, cruise control, three airbags, a reinforced steel roll cage, side intrusion beams, stability control, and disc brakes with ABS. Production, it said,. And its $14,020 price tag is now higher than the Nissan Versa (a much larger 5-seat car with an optional hatchback). Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to the Company on the date of this website. I would imagine black would be a color. Elio Motors assumes no obligation to update the information within this website. Well it looks kind of cool to me. The safety issue isnt a big concern, as it is a far safer alternative to a motorcycle! This is less than half the cost of any other new vehicle on the market. I am for saving fuel. And there will be plenty of regulatory hurdles to overcome. I dont see a city estimate for MPG. Same three wheel design. I work out of state months out of the year. Its kind of a neat idea, and if I lived in a less rural area, I might consider buying one myself. Elio Motors News Update 2021 SAD Joe Cabrera 6.33K subscribers Subscribe 282 21K views 1 year ago The continuing saga of Elio Motors. Smart only sold about 10,000 cars in the United States, before completely cutting the gas-powered Smart ForTwo in 2017. document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ). potentially equal performance (need to educate myself more here), although currently cars are designed to peak performance on gasoline, not ethanol. 34 talking about this. In other words, Elio would have to out-sell Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover right out of the gate. I think it needs a third, and possibly a fourth, seat to meet those sales numbers. I would have actually considered owning one -but my wait and see approach turned out appropriate. An Overview of Blue Chips. 171 miles. You will be reported to the proper authorities for false advertising. As previously noted, there is no rebel billionaire here - Elio has had to bootstrap its funding the hard way. You must log in or register to reply here. After one trip in that cramped little thing, I never got in one again until Honda made cars larger. Threads 1.8K Messages 95K. Eliosfirst manufacturing site will be in Shreveport, Louisiana. Charge Time. You could put a little bat logo peel-off sticker on the hood! I remember driving my friends Honda, the fir car Honda made. Elio Motors is a company founded by Paul Elio in 2009, to design and manufacture a three-wheeled, enclosed autocycle. Threads 125 Messages 4K. Did you read the agreement you signed when you put your $1,000 in? Elio Motors, the company founded in 2009 by auto enthusiast Paul Elio and which has been promising a revolutionary autocycle since 2012, is back in the headlines. This chart compares the number of articles about this company in the last seven days compared with the average number of articles about this company on a typical week. Privacy Policy. Elio Motors, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. We are planning on starting production with the Elio-E to take advantage of both financial investment opportunities and consumer demand in the electric market. On a side note, the end of October will be the Elio 10th anniversary. Since the 2009 conception, the company illustrated and repeatedly delayed a release date for its original gasoline powered vehicle, pivoted to an electric powered concept, collected an estimated $28 million of deposits, has been fined $7.5 million for failing to create promised . I reserved one, I love its look, the fuel economy and the fact that it is bold forward thinking American ingenuity. Elio Motors is making a significant step towards finally launching its long-overdue "ultra-high-mileage, low-cost three-wheel Elio vehicle.". Also nothing new. The year 2018 arrived and Elio Motors was still alive and breathing, though by now it might have been company officials that were looking a bit green around the gills (that was the last green joke, I promise) In April, Elio announced that in order to raise much needed funds, it was starting its own cryptocurrency called ElioCoins. Elio's stock pricewhich leaped as high as $50 shortly after its 2016 IPO, and spent most of 2021 falling from just over a dollar to a low of $0.30did see a brief jump to $1.10 on the Elio-E announcement. It has never sold a single vehicle. So I started looking in to it a bit more. Whereas if I just invested the money then I would be able to make money with that money while I wait. The car from 1975 looked very very similar. Elio Motors is reinventing how Americans commute with a low-cost, ultra-high mileage vehicle. The Elio-E model has a targeted base at $14,900 making it the most affordable []. Login/Register . Crypto Asset Services Menu View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. I wouldnt risk my kids life with this car, no matter what the cost savings. A three-wheeled, 84-mpg fuel-sipper was never going to be a wild ride, but the one Elio Motors gave to Shreveport was plain unnecessary. Our company news sentiment scores track the average news sentiment of articles about each company over the most recent 7 days in order to identify companies that are receiving positive press. Interesting stuff though, Im currently working my way through a book called Alcohol can be a gas! by David Blume. Since then, the date has been pushed back each year. And now, a much less wealthy rebel, Paul Elio, hopes to do the same in a gasoline-powered vehicle through Elio Motors. Get updates now! My neighbor who was a business owner was solicited but said no thanks as far as I knew. Elio Motors, which has been struggling since 2009 to build its own ultra-cheap, small, fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car, announced Thursday that it will source an engine from a major. Now, lets be clear this car still has long odds to make it to market and even if it does, I dont expect it to become a mainstream best-seller or sell the 250,000 units per year the company is hoping for. The. Simply because a new idea is presented doesnt mean its a good one, and Smart is making a smaller car for about the same amount of money as a bigger one with about the same fuel economy. By: Joe Ducey. It's what Elio Motors promised. If youre new to the name Elio Motors, youre not alone. Elio has raised $60 million thus far, but is still quite a ways off from the $200 million it needs to roll out full production. Elio claimed the autocycle could be produced using 80% soft-tooling. Critics have drawn comparisons to the Lit Motors C-1 and Aptera Motors, which had similar production schemes requiring more funding than was attainable, while updating production timelines to give the impression that a product was deliverable. Identify stocks that meet your criteria using seven unique stock screeners. It is not . Buyers to raise the additional 160 million I you tell me I'm going to invest in something that will lose 50%+ in 5 years, I will tell you to go pound sand and find someone who will actually make my money grow. Ethanol from corn is the biggest scam perpetrated on the American taxpayer by the Farm Industrial Complex EVER! Have already looked into an old small car, but at 30 miles a gallon the car would probably break down before I received any return on investment. Elio built a series of prototypes of the Elio G, some of which will be retrofitted into electric versions for testing. Elio Motors isn't doing so well. Looks hideous! My enthusiasm is genuine and I am definitely not alone the Elio already has 65,000 paid reservations. BREAKING: Tiny biotech successfully treats blindness. If the Slingshot is a Lamborghini, this. I definitely didn't mean to sound like that. The result? In 2021, it put out a press release claiming that it is focusing on going electric before producing a gas-powered Elio. As Smart showed, you dont have to be big to be safe. When gas prices surged, he saw a chance to go small. Would be nice to market a version for delivery services like grubhub, pizza hut or eatstreet. The offering was deemed a success because it raised $17 million from thousands of small investors. What is the market capitalization of Elio Motors Inc Stock? Starting an automotive company is not cheap. However, having a bigger car is a preference and the counter argument would be why buy a smaller vehicle with similar features compared to a larger one for the same price? Show me the crash test datathen I might buy become a believer. And there will be plenty of regulatory hurdles to overcome. vkgy [citation needed], Elio designs could meet motorcycle standards as a three-wheeled autocycle, within the U.S. government's motorcycle classification. I think as the years pass, we will get away from so much luxury and cars we may be use to and instead go the frugal route. Maybe you can put a basket on front for trips to the grocery store. Elio Motors is based in Phoenix, Arizona, and projected in 2017 that manufacturing could take place at a facility in Shreveport, Louisiana, using a portion of the former General Motors 3.2 million-square-foot plant. So many automotive startups underestimate how hard it is. Mitsubishi Mirage Car + fuel cost over 5 years estimated at $22,115. me and my wife agree that the best way to view this is an air conditioned, weather proof scooter. 2023 Market data provided is at least 10-minutes delayed and hosted by Barchart Solutions. Elio Motors' mailing address is 2942 North 24th Street Suite 114-700, Phoenix AZ, 85016. The projections, which did not include range, cited a possible $15,000 price. But, what fun would that be? Ive been looking at this car for over a year now and we sat in the previous prototype when they were in California. Americans are viewed as wanting big and fast vehicles and fails like the Smart are used to reconfirm those beliefs. It's unclear what, if anything, Elio has done with the deposits and money it collected over numerous rounds of funding nor is it clear what the future will be for its cars or plant in Shreveport. I still think that this market could be large enough for them to survive, but gas prices arent rising as fast as they used to be so thats not in favor of this car. 2023 Update to the below content: I first published this article in 2014, and as of 2023 Elio Motors still hasnt begun delivering vehicles to potential customers who made reservations (and has stopped taking new reservations). It will only cost $7,450 (up from $6,800 as originally projected), with some nice standard features (AC, AM/FM/Aux/Bluetooth, power locks/windows). When it drags a town along with it, it is. Elio Motors stock price is up 136 percent today because of the announcement,. Find the latest Elio Motors, Inc. (ELIO) stock discussion in Yahoo Finance's forum. Until then Elio is making money on that money sitting in an account. contact@marketbeat.com Stay tuned for a number of important and exciting announcements over the next few weeks on our path forward. But again, a good idea for those in a different situation. Not until they actually get funding. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Dec 3, 2022; Sonoran Sam; Elio Photos and Videos. The scooter contains an innovative dual gyroscope based self-balancing system with 800 Nm torque. With Paul making $250K a year for such a revolutionary vehicle, we need to start sending him more money so he can get this dream to come true. (This is news to us: When one of our staffers drove the Elio P4 prototype in 2015, there was no mention of an electric car.) The company started accepting customer reservations on its website in January 2013 and stopped accepting reservations at 65,341 in 2017. While I can appreciate the ingenuity behind this and hope that many people use it, I dont find myself in the target user group. Happy 2021 targeted Elio Production! That said, we can't help but think this announcement is an attempt to keep the Elio dream alive and the company afloat. And it couldnt be more wrong! My goal with this car, would not have been something stylish, so the looks of this wouldnt entirely throw me off. While dormant, the gas-powered model may not be entirely dead it's now the Elio-G and there's a chance it could return. By then, the economy and gas prices had significantly changed since 2009, when Elio announced his plans, but the company maintained it would make good on its promises to Shreveport, Louisiana, and sustainability. Which is true, no clue. Elio Motors promised a next-gen, 84 mpg car and got millions in deposits. Our email, tellmemore@eliomotors.com, is available for your questions, which we will gather and share as we move forward. this car would save me 2/3 of that and quickly pay for itself. 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