Elio Motors Shreveport Operations

[@Medmann48]

What scares me is that the parking lots are completely empty & there is literally nobody in the plant except the guy on the golf cart. There is still a Colorado pickup truck chassis on the line. The plant looks just as it did years ago when we first saw it. I would have expected to see something to have been done in the plant over the last several years!

[@neldagonzalez7262]

Do this again with actual production. I patiently await my Elio! I'm reservation holder no. 18,--- and have purchased some stock. Wish I could help more with getting excitement to grow and people to get on board.

[@AudiophileTubes]

Next, ELIO will take you on a tour of the lost city of ATLANTIS!

[@xXTECHxKNIGHTXx]

SO EXCITED! KEEP IT UP GUYS! I'm looking forward to test driving one!

[@mipilot30]

Keep what up? There is nothing to test drive. Never was and never will be. What is it with you people who deny the reality of this scam. Industry experts and financial analysts have stated from the onset that there never was a business model or business plan that indicated this vehicle could ever be built and sold. The plan was to fleece as many potential customers and investor as possible and deliver nothing. This video is a complete farce - the only thing Elio ever fabricated. Elio never owned or leased this former production facility. They lied about that along with everything else they lied about to scam money from people who believed the lies. No one is that stupid or incompetent that they make every possible mistake, fail in every way possible and come up with absolutely nothing but victims of a crappy scam. They had enough money to design and order parts, assemble the vehicles with an off the shelf engine from Honda, known for reliability and quality, and thus started the cash flow phase of operations. Not Paul Elio. He wanted money for nothing. Deposits and investments allowed him over a hundred million dollars to produce nothing. If that's not a scam, nothing is.

[@TheAmorianir]

Elio seems to be catching some steam the closer they get to full production. Nice to see some progress!

[@onestepbeyond5496]

That's not steam just smoke from the Elio Smoke and Mirrors tour...

[@stefanpuffer]

Exactly what I was thinking. I didn't see any tooling in place or anything. All I saw was an empty plant.

[@noncoincidencesynchronicit8896]

+Stefan Puffer One step at a time. Building a car company is not easy by any stretch. Even the next model of the iPhone takes years...

[@onestepbeyond5496]

proff.. funny how you troll someone that tells the truth...Go play on the highway...You WILL never see a real elio....grow up loser

[@shreve99]

You're right. I live in Shreveport and the plant is STILL empty. Land Rover was interested in the plant, but couldn't obtain it because of this Elio "thing", which is showing absolutely NO progress! People in Shreveport are PISSED!! Most of us think this is all just a sham. They're going to take as much money from people making "reservations" as they can, and then file for bankruptcy!

[@MrAmerican76]

Been following Elio and will purchase one only after they actually start producing them. When I see it Ill believe it.

[@mipilot30]

Smart but don't hold your breath. They are no closer to production and it's been ten years of bullshit with nothing to show for it except a lot of suckered investors.

[@markmark5269]

I looked up the dictionary for the word "soon", the definition has changed to: "a considerable long period of time" since the Elio business model has existed.

[@1200bonzo]

I have been following this for 3 yrs..The only thing that is true is ready to go into production NEXT yr...The bad thing is NEXT yr never gets here. Save your money till they are at dealers

[@mipilot30]

What dealers? There has to be a vehicle and this company never intended to build anything for the public except a scam. This video is a complete lie. We just saw a tour of a former GM facility and the narrator was paid to lie about what was done in the past at that plant as if something was going on relevant to Elio production. He did this for the express purpose of deceiving the public into investing in a non-existent vehicle. Elio never owned that plant or held a lease on the property. The contents were sold off and that all this farce was ever about, making money and building nothing but an illusion.

[@Medmann48]

Elio stock dropped all the way down to $6.79 today at close of market 1/10/17. Make no bones about it with Elio's stock in free fall, little cash on hand & high debt, the jig is up & the death knell has begun for Elio.

[@trix321]

This was a great work of fiction.

[@johnsell04]

So cool and I will be there to see mine go through the assembly and take possession and drive off to the Keys and up the East Coast to Maine and Canada and then back to Oregon! #15, 524 Invested and ready and looking forward to drive it off!

[@markh7670]

Fantastic video! Thanks for the great communication, I am looking forward to next year.

[@mipilot30]

Really? Fantastic in what way? Even three years ago this was a widely exposed and well-publicized scam. Now it's just a joke.

[@ajwilliams9845]

Cool! ELIO Motors is moving right along! Of course it's not as fast as some people think it should be going BUT you are building a entire corporation not just 1 car. Good Luck! I will wait for this vehicle in a Showroom!

[@ajwilliams9845]

Ron, Maybe you didn't get my POSITIVE spin on this product! I haven't given anybody a dime! I just want to see this car in a showroom.... Maybe you are just trying to push their buttons, maybe not! I believe that any car (or Motorcycle) in this country is a POSITIVE and we need to give these guys all the breaks we can! SO lets Clap STAND and cheer because they have gotten this far! NOBODY has got to put money up just yet! Of course it's been a few years to get this far It might take alittle longer to go the rest of the way! LETS MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN MADE IN USA! Period ! .

[@kwhite145]

It's a scam!

[@shreve99]

Yes, it is. Everyone in Shreveport thinks so, too. No one even talks about this crap anymore. The poor people that have paid all that money for a "reservation" are going to get screwed...mark my words!

[@ajwilliams9845]

Luis, We will see sooner or Later that this NEW device will be on the road. Showrooms will be everywhere! You might even buy one a Costco or WallMart or even SEARS.... but it's coming..... just bare with US! "If you Build it, IT will come" ......

[@shreve99]

Keep dreaming....it's not going to happen, ever. This whole thing is nothing but a huge scam.

[@kscipkkkk]

Elio has done what no other producer in the past has done, included all their supplier partners in the project. The end result should be a vehicle that is outstanding and very road worthy. Don't rush now to get to market you've come this far the right way stay the course. It is hard to wait but in the end it will be worth it.

[@TheBowersj]

Its literally off the shelf. Its a win for everyone involved

[@mr.paladin8721]

I'm number 700+, all-in, and they are really doing a bang-up job getting everything ready to go. They have the biggest backers in the world and it appears at this point, way too many employees sucking up the last bit of capital, and the part that bothers me is they keep hiring more very high-priced upper-echelon employees. Where is all that money coming from? Or are they working free to see is they can work into a real job? Anyway, at this point, it's just money (in fact at every point along the way it's been MONEY). I think they have the expertise and certainly the talent (working for them) and all the big-name suppliers that's needed to make it work. It would be a shame to see it fall apart at this point. But even though it looks like it's headed for a dead-end tunnel, why would all those high-priced executives jump on board of a train headed for a cliff? There's a lot they are not telling us. They try to make us feel like we are in the loop with all the emails and updates, but they aren't really telling us anything that gives us hope. It's all sales hype at this point. When I got on board in 2013, they said it would be in production in 6 months! LOL

[@kscipkkkk]

+Mr. Paladin. Quit being so negative, you have obviously never developed a product for a company or yourself. There is an incredible amount of work that goes into the development of just a single new product let alone an entire automobile. I am surprised they've achieved this much this quickly considering all they have to do, however that's what a lot of the right people accomplish.

[@TheBowersj]

Mr. Paladin I understand your concern, let's all hope that hiring this guy helps the cause.

[@AttractionSpot]

when are you going to start producing the vehicles? I went all in on my reservation.

[@TheAmorianir]

Supposedly, in November, I believe.

[@jeevespreston]

Maybe it's because I'm anxious to buy and drive one, but this seems like it's been the longest car intro in history...

[@mr.paladin8721]

not until sometime in 2017 they have already stated.

[@Adrayven]

It's really all about funding now. They have the money to get to the last stage; production. However, their is equipment required for building the engine/trans and other parts. Thats what the fed loan is for.. if they get it, it looks like Elio is golden.. They were pushing for Q4 to start ramping up and start shipping early 2017.. If they don't get it; obviously, they will again need to push back the timeline.. Honestly, this project has always been a realistic and a good idea, but money from beginning to the end has been the challenge.

[@mr.paladin8721]

Adrayven There will be no Q4 ramping up for production in 2017. They will very lucky if they get the 100 fleet cars on the road by the end of the year, and if they do, then they have to wait to put miles on them and see what needs fixing, then they have to do some re-engineering of everything that needs work (and there will be a lot of things pop up when you start putting miles on them), then after they work out the problems they'll have to upgrade the fleet vehicles and continue to the test to see if everything is fixed. It won't be (let's be realistic) and there will be more "tweaking." By then it will be Q2 of 2017 and then they can START getting the production line set up. That takes a minimum of 3 months normally. IF they start production at that time it will Q4 2017 (at the very earliest) to see any roll off the line. Of course that's looking at it very optimistically. Let's say they don't actually get the fleet cars on the road this year (and they probably won't) because look how long it took to make E1 and they have 22 more to go and it's already the middle of July. It's going to take the rest of this year just to get the test vehicles done and then allow time for testing. It's questionable if they'll even get through the E-series testing stage this year. Then plan on the fleet cars coming out the end of Q1. They should be done testing them by the end of Q2 2017. They should have problems solved and re-engineered by the end of Q3. It will take Q1 2018 just to get the assembly set up. Mabey first cars by Q2 2018. That's a much more realistic time-frame. After all, it takes 5 years to develop a car and Q2 will put it right at 5 years since their first prototype. I've been predicting 5 years from the very beginning.

[@calvinwayneweir2007]

Why is plant empty? Real interested in one of your cars but beginning to wonder if you are ever going to make them or sale them. Seen first ad over three years ago!

[@mipilot30]

Two years later now and no closer to production. They are actually further away since they wasted all that money and have nothing to show for it.

[@zadokakintoye]

I believe looking at alternative markets in Africa, particularly Nigeria would be best in the mid term. Absolutely stunning initiative!

[@Gorilder]

I'll be satisfied when there are cars in production and running off the system.

[@carlosmalave540]

A new American car company !! Congrats to Eliomotors and Tesla for being innovative and exciting in the automotive world.

[@PumpkinKingXXIII]

Tesla is a car manufacturer, they make cars, Elio promised they will make cars. Till they do they are just an expensive Kickstarter project..

[@drive2survivex]

it also took tesla, a company that started in 2003, by the way, 5 years to get their first vehicle into production. Tesla's also cost 60-100k for a car, an amount thats not attainable by alot of people. the new model 3 is going to be 35k, still more than most americans want to spend on a vehicle. not to mention you have to now wait until 2019 to even see a production vehicle for the masses because they are all sold out. Compare and contrast, it all depends on what people want to spend on a car.

[@xXTECHxKNIGHTXx]

Apples and oranges in comparison here, Elio is using mostly off the shelf parts, Tesla is all proprietary from my understanding, so that drives up costs.

[@PumpkinKingXXIII]

+Ride2Survive, tesla make cars, even if Elio motors do produce this, it's not a car. that is why there is the requirement of a motorcycle endorsement on your license

[@drive2survivex]

only in very few states. also since this is considered a motorcycle, not only are they cheap to insure, to register, you can use it in the carpool lanes by yourself. even if they do require an endorsement they arent all that hard to get. do your research before commenting

[@bravotangocharlie6460]

I love the fact that it's built here in America.

[@miguelsalami]

What's Built here❓

[@amanandakayak]

This thing was a pipe dream from the get-go. Glad I didn't plunk down $1,000 bucks for nothing!

[@TheBowersj]

Very Impressive! This is a game changer and a major asset towards making this dream a reality. Can't wait to start seeing some production going on.

[@AllanJ1175]

All I can say is, looks awesome to me! Best of luck to all involved!

[@mipilot30]

What looks awesome? A closed GM plant that Elio doesn't own or even lease? All the money is gone and nothing to show for it.

[@grrfer]

I worked at the Mitsubishi plant in Normal, IL for 26 years. This video brings back lots of memories! Maybe I should offer my knowledge of some of the systems and processes during the model launch? I'm retired but it would be exciting to be at the start of something big. We felt that way during the launch of the Eclipse but mismanagement and a lack forward thinking led Mitsubishi to abandon the plant and it's loyal workforce after 28 years............. and move to NIGERIA! My reservation us #14406.

[@oppermanfitness]

That plant just closed last year I believe my company AWC handled the vehicles after you guys assembled them. Small world

[@RetroManVideos]

My wife's 2011 Endeavor has been bulletproof. You guys did a great job

[@oppermanfitness]

William Presley Thanks!

[@mcarta8159]

For me, from the beginning of "Elio" I was extremely excited about the vehicle. About halfway through the Elio marketing efforts I started to see through the hype. Now at the very least it would take more than another year to coordinate suppliers, stock parts, hire and train assembly line workers then start full production "if" everything fell into place without any glitches AND the remaining needed revenue was raised. At this point it doesn't look like anything will roll of the assembly line for quite a while. Another evasive 240 million to go? I'm still hoping Elio will come to fruition sooner than later.

[@jimbroaddus9246]

Is the Elio a "Dream Machine?" As I watched this video, I saw a man driving a golf cart in an empty factory. I really doubt that we will ever see the project come to fruition.

[@mipilot30]

You're smarter than anyone who invested in this scam.

[@miguelsalami]

That was the plants Security Guard making his "Ok to dream" video

[@Kntryhart]

I wonder how the plant made out in the latest flooding? Does anyone know if it went under water?

[@shreve99]

The plant wasn't near any of the flooding. That area is high ground.

[@RunsWithScissors]

you have to imagine what its like to sell 250k Elio's a year, that's +958 Elio's a day in a 5 day work week. What looks like an empty building now but will be wall to wall Elio reverse trike autocycles. I'm a betting man and an engineer. I am #102? or there about and also #23xxx, as well as a stock holder like many of you. Paul Elio has the balls to make it happen. Have faith, he looks mild mannered but there is tiger under his skin. Go Paul Go!!!

[@charlescollier9591]

I agree. While it isn't going to happen overnight; it looks to me like things are in place or falling in place for it to happen. I know that there is some skepticism in regard to the millions needed to begin full production. That is what the two sets of "beta" vehicles are for. The first 25 test vehicles and then the 100 that will be put into fleet service will demonstrate the Elio's "fit" in the real world. If it "fits" as we expect it to; commercial loans and additional stock offerings will generate the needed revenue.

[@RunsWithScissors]

Harley Davidson sold 270k motorcycles in 2014. These are expensive units that are mostly ridden on sunny days and usually not used for daily commutes. The Elio will be competitively priced against the low end Sportster model and will give better mileage and creature comforts. Not to mention that it will go up against automobiles and win converts from car drivers. So if Harley can sell that many impractical vehicles, Elio should do just as well. BTW, I've owned and ridden motorcycles for over 40 years and I can't wait to get my hands on an Elio.

[@bobbywatts3626]

And Harley sold that many units across the planet in more than one plant. In more than one country. And had decades to get up to that level.

[@onestepbeyond5496]

Nick must be a pimp for Elio.... How do you promote something that does not exist and there is no finished car, not even one...Just a few mules that are nowhere close to the promised car, hell even the engines in those mules are not the supposed engine. And you can not compare Elio to HD... HD has a good reputation for selling real and completed products, all Elio has sold are t-shirt, bumper stickers and a ghost car.

[@robhart6042]

The answer to "How?" is that there are 58,000 Reservation holders who follow their investment on a monthly, weekly, or even daily basis, and -not- in the commercial news outlets, but by everyday current information provided AT their own website pages and through their dedicated channels of inquiry and communication.

[@bobbywatts3626]

Has anyone seen the video yet of the "new" Elio being driven by a reporter that had the fender of all things fall of driving in the city? And then had the reported state stop recording? That was funny. and this was the test bed vehicle. You know the one they are showing saying hey look what we can build. Yeah they built a 3 wheeler that falls apart on city streets the first time out. LOL

[@chillywilly934]

Hopefully they'll start production somewhere in the next decade. Come on Elio, start building in numbers. I'm sure if they're great vehicles, they'll sell themselves when they finally get in the customer's hands.

[@mr.paladin8721]

The fleet cars are supposed to be turned out the end of 2016 and full production the first half of 2017 according the last Elio promise I've seen.

[@miguelsalami]

This guy is actually the Security Guard On Duty taking you on a tour of the abandoned General Motors Saturn Assembly plant. He is on his routine patrols of the facility. After all "It's OK to dream"

[@jeffsheldon]

Very nice overview of operations. Thanks for this.

[@mipilot30]

What operations. He was describing what went on when GM was making Hummers and Chevy trucks in that plant. Elio never owned it or leased it and certainly never made anything there. But some people want to be lied to - like Trump supporters.

[@briscollama2521]

I'm guessing the line will have to modified a bit to allow for the wheel being in the center rather than straddle all those center grates. I will have to reserve one of these at some point. I know they have a long way to go before production, but I hope they can make a go of it. I would love to get one of these for driving to work everyday.

[@theR0ck]

Thanks and I can't wait to get my hands on my Elio "tricycle"

[@mikerepko8711]

Im glad there moving forward ! There doing a really good job. Keep up the good work !

[@mipilot30]

Sarcasm obviously. This company hasn't moved forward since it started in 2009. Elio never owned that plant. They didn't even lease it.

[@robertc.campbell756]

Elio is a nice design automobile. The old GM facilities in Shreveport, Louisiana is ideal for production of the Elio.

[@wendalwilliams9445]

Why not assemble on an old k-mart? How about using a u haul storage 16x16x12?

[@OLopezJr72291]

I would love to travel there, pick up my Elio # 12064 and drive home back to NJ

[@greasy8eyes]

I like the idea and concept.But something makes me think its another con job like the Dale from the 70s. It was a reverse trike as well.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I saw a truck body in one shot. What was previously built there?

[@mipilot30]

Hummers and Chevy Trucks.

[@AMomcilo1]

Looks like everything is in place, can't wait for the car to come out...... Keep up the good work guys.

[@onestepbeyond5496]

You must be seeing things as NONE of that equipment in the plant is for the Elio, it is leftover equipment to make it look like Elio equipment...Watch again and see this is a dog and pony show....

[@stefanpuffer]

I didn't see anything in place. Just looked like an empty building to me and the guy telling us how he imagines it. Did you notice there is still an old truck frame on the line? Why is that still even there at this stage of the game? I'm very skeptical now.

[@shreve99]

You should be!

[@mipilot30]

Look again. There is nothing in place because Elio doesn't own that plant. They don't even have a lease on it. It's all a big fucking scam.

[@lewiszellner3357]

It's kind of sad that you don't see anymore about this vehicle I'm interested in it

[@thisnthat8106]

What does a plant manager do when the building is not being used

[@miguelsalami]

He rides around as the Company's only Security Guard driving a golf kart making "It's OK To Dream" videos on KZbin.

[@Booboo-mv7tj]

YES! "This world I like We architects of life A song a sigh Developing words that linger Through fields of green through open eyes This for us to see"

[@mitchellgreene460]

I can't wait to get mine.

[@fm00078]

Hate to be a Chicken-Little but, there isn't one Elio Motors rep posting here. This factory tour looks unchanged from about two years ago. *IF* there are SOME vehicles made, where are they? ___ LASTLY ___ As time goes by, production dates pass as does sales date, WHERE is the head cheese to explain all this?

[@mipilot30]

Explain all this? You're kidding, right? Elio blew through all the money and came up with nothing. How does anyone do that unless they are a crook or amazingly stupid? He never told any of the investors or depositors how little progress had been made at the time he took their money. He presented a picture that was radically unlike the reality of the company's true state of affairs. At no time was a realistic production date ever given. That didn't stop Elio from giving a new date every year despite the baseless nature of his predictions. He knew, every time he fave a new production date that he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of starting production.

[@richardcotton7854]

Already over $123 million in debt. Read their most recent SEC filing, they are not in good shape. They even admit there is a very good chance this will never happen in their report. Shreveport City Councilman. Ken Epperson who pushed hard for Elio to get the GM plant here in Shreveport just resigned yesterday for no apparent reason. Local govt here is beginning to belive they were hoodwinked and are investigating whether or not to yank the deal because Elio is not meeting deadlines and bringing jobs to the area yet.

[@palletcolorato]

Fantastic! I can't wait to see the video of the full assembly in production. Wishing Elio all the success!

[@sourenmozian8515]

i can't wait to get one i'm ready and waiting...rock on....souren mozian...

[@mipilot30]

Still waiting aren't you? Like all those who invested their hard-earned money.

[@auto30intheknow29]

as one being in the automotive business. I do not believe that the people making the comments that they are really know what it takes to actually start up a company, let alone a car company. One that is regulated to death by the good ole US of A government. The gentleman making the comparison with Tucker and Elio. If Tucker had the hoops to jump through that Elio motors does I believe that they would be at about the same progress point. One thing in common with Tucker and Elio, PASSION! Passion for the idea, passion for the vehicle, passion to offer the American public a choice. You talk about Volvo (owned by Geely Motors owned by China, yes everything in China is owned by a majority of the ChiComs with TRILLIONS behind them) or Land Rover owned by Tata Motors (headquartered in Mumbai owned by an Indian with BILLIONS behind him)Paul Elio truly is a Tucker of the new Millennium fighting our government and each individual State of these United States for the right to sell the vehicle (Something of which TESLA still hasn't got completed and has borrowed Billions of our money, We The Peoples money from the government to do so and has been given free money as well). To buid a new pick up truck actually takes over 1 Billion dollars in development, testing and passing all of the FMVSS, CMVSS, ECE etc... qualifications to be able to sell it on a lot of a distribution network over a hundred years old! FMVSS by the way stands for Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, C stands for Canadian and the ECE regulations come from the Haig in Europe for the European regulations. This explanation is for Brandon, the so called engineer who claims that engineers are retards and calling himself one at the same time. I'm a betting man and he probably isn't an engineer. So for all of you people in Shreveport that think nothing is going on you can thank the UAW for General Motors closing down what would be their second newest plant because Louisiana is a right to work state (negotiated in a contract to keep a plant in Missouri open). You Nay Sayers will be eating a lot of crow and mud bug heads when the vehicles start rolling off the line. Those of you who think you know really don't even begin to understand the complexities involve with an American, hiring Americans not counting on a free hand out from the government to start up a company as complex as this venture is.

[@GeneracionGoshen777]

Just a dream until it gets real for the people!

[@captainrandy]

Mr. Doug Frick as the plant manager when do you plan on starting the production run start dates? I was told that the dates are still a year away. Building up to 250K a year will take some time to meet that project goal. Any updates from you would be appreciated

[@L4ND.SH4RK]

OMG can't frikking wait!

[@jnichols3]

Still waiting?

[@L4ND.SH4RK]

Joseph Nichols lol

[@robertjosephbussiere3888]

did they start building the 100 cars for the fleet customers they said they were going to do in December 2016?

[@ryarod]

Hello. It's been a little bit of time. How are things coming along?

[@scout345cid]

It would be nice to see some inventory stockage in preparation for actual production. The plant should show a bit more in the way of preparation, pending the financing that will get my reserved Elio in my driveway. I think that the Elio is the best concept since the Tucker. I hope it has better success, please?

[@TheGuerillapatriot]

Elio, can you make different body shapes? I love the concept I just love the Morgan 3. Something retro? Thank you, SUCCESS!

[@jnichols3]

"...can you make different body shapes?". Paul Elio gets a look on his face, not believing he that he is STILL getting away with this and answers, "Sure why not?"

[@50sventovit]

How about a space on the line for those customers who have requested certain mods like a turbo-charger. The original permise was that the Elio dealers (for lack of any other term) would install such customer requested mods. Would it be better to have such work done at the factory?

[@mookixox]

I first saw the Elio Motors car on CNBC nearly 4 years ago, if you told me they would be driving a golf cart through an empty car plant still pretending they have an actual business after 4 years I would have laughed at you...This Company is dead. I hope no wealthy investors are stupid enough to give $$$ to these people.

[@Medmann48]

I hate to be a doubter but this video doesn't give me any encouragement. There is literally Nobody in this plant other than the guy in the video & the parking lot is completely empty. The plant appears about the same as it did 2 or 3 years ago. Paul Elio needs 240 Million more dollars before anything rolls off the assembly line & he doesn't have it & does not know where he is going to get it. I would be "all in" on an Elio but not untiil I see some more progress.

[@fassstEddie]

My exact sentiments. When I see this plant designed for producing hundreds of vehicles daily get converted to production of a small car like Elio, then I'll start believing. Right now the size of the plant is way over kill. Even Tesla took over a small space in the huge former Toyota/GM Plant in Fremont.

[@mcarta8159]

Same here. A lot of smoke and mirrors. I want one of these but will wait till there really is production and the vehicles are out of beta testing with new owners.

[@robhart6042]

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[@Medmann48]

So where are they going to build in December the 100 Pre-production Elio's? In this plant or in Detroit? The "E" series is the final design from what I was led to believe. I understand that we are not near the start of the production line but I would expect "some" progress of some sort in this plant but it looks like absolutely nothing has been done here since they acquired it.

[@bobbywatts3626]

Even in the video he could only say that hey we have all these machines left over and we can move them around blah blah blah. But then why not hire a few hands to start moving that stuff to where you need it now and get a jump on things then shoot the video and show that stuff is where it needs to be instead of shooting this video and showing alot of empty spaces and saying we have the parts but well just not here right now where we need them but we can move them here.

[@barbcarbajal7547]

So excited so exciting.

[@JAYPHILLYNEWS]

ok when production start?

[@AudiophileTubes]

So THIS is where ELIO's PIZZA is made!

[@bobbywatts3626]

wooo hooo the base price just went to 7600?? wow such an increase for no car.

[@spudrubble]

Hope everyone knows the plant is as it was when GM owned it. So far Elio has nothing set up in there, did you notice the GM Extended Cab body still on the line? This is just a man on a golf cart driving around and really saying ''If we had money we would want to do this''

[@bradleythekid]

That was my impression as well... but I also noticed that very few of the light bulbs were burnt out and it looks very clean so they or at least someone took care of that.

[@spudrubble]

Valid point and that did take effort so I should give credit to the lights are all prepped.

[@timfadden3442]

Exactly! looks like a ton of work to get it going.

[@onestepbeyond5496]

This is NOT TRUE, it looks like they had some paid Mexicans do the lawn area and trim the weeds...

[@stefanpuffer]

Exactly! Believe me, after watching this video I am now a skeptic. For a car that's supposed to go on sale next year you would think tooling would already be in place and there would be some assembly going on but it looks like to me the only thing they've managed to do was turn on the lights and open a door for the golf cart to drive in and out of.

[@jnichols3]

So we get taken through the assembly line, building an imaginary non existent car. This video is very fitting in describing ELIO MOTORS.

[@fredfred3303]

Wow, they have done nothing to get the plant ready for production yet. I am so glad I have not given away any of my money to them! Don't take that the wrong way, I want to be an Elio supporter but I do not see enough progress to be on board yet.

[@MASSCRUIZN]

I am a retired Certified Manufacturing Engineer and Life Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. I have designed and built many new product production lines in the analytical instrumentation field for everything from chart recorders to Mass Spectrometers for more than 35 years, not automobiles, so you can take my observation with a grain of salt. First, the scale of this former GM truck plant production line appears grossly out of scale for the Elio, like a small boy trying to wear daddy's pants. Polaris only needed 111,000 sq. ft. to build its Slingshot line which retails for $19K- $22K. Second, the facility overhead expense to build a $6,800 retail vehicle would be enough to sink it financially. Don't get me wrong, I tried the Elio on for size at the Barrett-Jackson Auction last year, loved the design and immediately shelled out the $100 deposit to be at the back of the line. I've wasted more than $100 on a bad night out, so I won't be disappointed if I die before get to own one.

[@rolfredford]

Please consider captioning video

[@HalfStarFilms]

So get to it! Start making them.

[@rickjames6647]

Looks like a cool city vehicle. Much smaller then other trike types out. It doesn't look much wider than a manual 3 wheel bikes. Has Elio looked at getting DOT approval (pick a city) to use this in bike lanes up to, say, 20 MPH? I must say though, that plant is still 'as rented'. Even if Elio was fully funded tomorrow, 2017 production would be quite a feat.

[@rickjames6647]

The Elio is 66.8 and the Corvette is 63.5...appears you're correct. Looks smaller on video.

[@jnichols3]

The track on my X-Wing is even wider and is just as real as the Elio.

[@bigcountry4539]

Well lio, it's almost 2020 and still NO PRODUCTION on this amazing vehicle!!!!!

[@Glamorousreptilekev]

awesome!

[@christothegreat1]

17,000 more reservations (starting at $100 each) are needed to obtain the US department of energy federal funding required to start production. Want an Elio?? Reserve one!!!

[@christothegreat1]

+Ryan Cowtan America believes in the Elio. Only 200 reservations to go until goal! Which competing car company wasted money to pay you to try and post hate messages? Kia? Mazda? Honda?

[@christothegreat1]

Ryan Cowtan Your paranoia is explained by your channel's marijuana recipes. Anyone who says scam, I have no patience for.

[@THOMASTHESAILOR]

Still waiting, How many Elio's can this factory put out in one day ?

[@candymintz]

i think you mean how many years will it take to produce 1 elio

[@susansmith5044]

To bad no Hemp!!!! A Hemp body would be great.. How good does it drive in snow??

[@AlanMotley]

All I am seeing here are JOBS... That makes me happy. Also creating a product employees can buy.

[@mipilot30]

What jobs? I saw none then and none now - ten years after starting. Not sure what you are looking at but there never were any jobs.

[@amanandakayak]

Is this the way to OZ?

[@Medmann48]

Last year at this time we were told that Elio's would not be rolling off the assembly line in 4th quarter 2016 after all. However, Paul Elio said that as a consolation prize Elio would build 100 pre-production cars for fleet buyers in the 4th quarter 2016. Well it looks like that's not going to happen either & we will be lucky if those 100 cars are built in late 2017. This company has been making promises & baiting us along since 2006. I can't wait forever so I went ahead & bought a new car & will sit back amused now & see what happens. Good luck guys it's going to be a long wait, don't plan on these rolling off the assembly line in 2017, ain't gonna happen. The Shreveport plant is way bigger than Elio needs, why not relinquish the Shreveport plant to another buyer & find a smaller plant to build the Elio if & when it ever gets built? (My estimate 2020).

[@bigal6684]

It does not appear that anything is being made here in this facility. It is quite clean though!

[@thunderbird97]

where is all the workers, and what happen to the 2016 release and what is starting pay for hourly workers

[@kwhite145]

I'am calling Bravo Sierra!

[@charlescollier9591]

Wow. Looks like GM left a lot of useful equipment in the facility that will make it easier and cheaper to get the Elio into production. I am sure they still have a long way to go on component/sub-assembly equipment unique to this vehicle but the basics for high-volume production are in place.

[@filter501]

Come on lets get going over here, the wife and I have been waiting for a couple of years now. Do you need any help with labor ?

[@onestepbeyond5496]

The Elio dog and pony/smoke and mirrors tour continues... No equipment inside that plant to build the Elio but they did either buy or rent a nifty drone to film the outside... They don't even have a real Elio car just mules not equipped with the engine they "plan" to use plus they raised the price and pushed back the date AGAIN.... How much money and how many years of waiting by those that went "all-in" and for that money and time they have a nifty t-shirt and a bumper sticker... Elio - the ghost car...

[@jessstuart7495]

How is Elio paying for this empty factory? What are the monthly cost of paying off loans, utilities, property taxes, maintenance, insurance, on something like that? And what about tooling? And engineers to run the plant? And competent line workers? This is a massive high-risk undertaking.

[@AlanZwerling]

The CVT transmission in my Nissan Juke is faulty and needs to be replaced - please get this car ready and available ASAP!! Go ELIO!!!!!

[@ericmarks6322]

+Alan Zwerling dude, you better get your car fixed because these cars won't get built in our lifetime.

[@artvuilleumier5702]

Just another fluff piece ... more hype ... I'll get excited when they actually start to roll off the line

[@miguelsalami]

What's this WHEN❓ It's IF & if IF was a bicycle We'd All take a joyride.

[@bradbohlen802]

cool thanks. Feel little better

[@oldmanfiles8903]

Well the end of 2019 is near and nothing out of Elio Motors except for archived blog post when will the announcement be that you're going to go to 2025

[@charlesbelcher1510]

Did he tell us who he was? Seems like it is a very expensive process that will require much volume to cover costs. Do we know if Elio has a contract with the auto union yet?

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

OH PLEASE G-D I hope not ! Unions only want more time to do less work , and better pay for not getting it done ! Please! No union(s) ! They screwed up the U.S. auto industry ! Proof ? Most union factories? SHUTDOWN ! Nummi Fremont California , Mazda Flat rock Michigan, Hummer Shreveport Louisiana. Most non-union still hummin' along ! Keep those beer chugging, pot smoking, coke snorting good for nothing lazy bums out of the Elio factory?

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

+Shepperd November That was supposed to be an !!!!!!

[@TheBowersj]

The United Auto Workers tried that with Tesla and failed. I am pretty sure that they don't have the volume yet to legitimize a union.

[@AOZMONSTER]

yay!!!

[@mr.paladin8721]

Hmmmm, the seats went in twice! LOL

[@davidgriffin4401]

Build something!

[@mipilot30]

That's not part of their plan.

[@Alxrez]

I really fucking want one

[@davidmohr4606]

Based upon their most recent SEC filing, they are near financial collapse. I am regretting my investment in their stock

[@Medmann48]

Ok, guys here you go. It looks like production is now pushed out to 2019, forget 2018 & today it's only August 2017. (See article below) Elio Motors is going public in an attempt to raise money. The financially troubled startup auto manufacturer plans to offer common stock on the NASDAQ starting at a penny a share, according to its latest filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Elio said it’s pushed back production to 2019 - five years after its three-wheeled vehicles were supposed to start rolling off the assembly line at the former General Motors plant in Shreveport.

[@bradbohlen802]

Did anyone else buy stock in this? I did when it was $69 then it tanked to $16 and been seeing red ever since!!!

[@redshned]

I got in on the ground floor, bought it at $12, only bought the minimum 50 shares for a total of $600. it was the very first offering, its hovering around $19, I'm happy with that, I'm sure once they start rolling off the line the stock will rocket up, we can only hope :)

[@AndrewGray1987]

Why would Elio Motors post this? Driving around in an empty factory just confirms that they are at 0% in terms of going to production. I don't mean to be an Elio hater. I would buy one as soon as they come out. I have a long commute and would love to get 80+ MPG. Even with the cheaper gas we have now the car would almost pay for itself in fuel savings. Unless they get that DOE loan, which I don't understand why DOE hasn't approved or disapproved it by now, they won't be able to make this car. Even if they got the loan tomorrow, going from empty factory to producing hundreds or thousands of cars a day would take a year or two.

[@TheBowersj]

They are securing the DOE loan now by making the E-series cars, once the cars are tested for safety and meet the DOE requirements, they will start purchasing the necessary items and finish the factory floor. Should be by the end of this year.

[@falconridgedesigns]

it was exciting to watch. that you have a plant that CAN BE retrofitted to work for the elio is great. i will buy one when it becomes available. i want to see more than one car shown at a time. i want to see the car on the highway moving in and out of traffic. not with cameras on the vehicle but from a car along side and front and rear shots. i want to see stopping and acceleration. are there crash test videos available yet? let's get going. contact bill gates already or warren buffet. te 2 of them would be able to not even feel 100 million invested. lets get it done.