Paul Elio addresses the crowd at the E-Series Reveal

[@jeffgrave]

So exciting to see this! Both my brother & I have one reserved!

[@uglyjihad]

after 3 years lmao, but they are having money issues so no biggey.

[@harpsi8]

wonderful , a happy day for all Elio motorists! God bless America !

[@Tinstar2]

I'm all in and very excited! Awesome!

[@mikemotta9754]

This is truly amazing. To be able to sell this for $6800 is incredible. Power window/lock, ABS, traction control. AC, cruise control, airbags, 5 star safety rating. I think that what impressed me the most is that it seems a 3 wheeled vehicle is usually designed and brought to market without all the extra safety measures because it can. It doesn't have to conform to the safety ratings of an automobile. This is not the case with Elio. Plus the fact that it is built and sourced in America, and could potentially create 1500 jobs, this is a great story.

[@xXTECHxKNIGHTXx]

Woot woot! I can't wait for these to hit! Full steam ahead!

[@brickman409]

Paul Elio is a bit of an awkward public speaker, he has a lot of "uhs" and "ums" but he is cool guy. I like his idea, I like his car, and I like his persistence. I hope the Elio becomes a big success.

[@BARRIEMOREBARLOW]

If you hang around CEOs, that's how they speak. What he said made perfect sense to me and it was brilliant. His analogy to smaller, smarter was spot on. Look what Honda did to the gas guzzling General Motors in the 70s? They mopped the floor with them.

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

Your voice to G-ds ears ! I hope and pray they have to run 3 shifts 'round the clock to keep up with demand !

[@keimo2007]

i think he's just nervous as hell!

[@TheAhemahemahem]

Looks amazing! Can't wait to pick one of these guys up when they hit the market!

[@thomaskelly4128]

I believe that we are going to see the true meaning of "entrepreneurialship". 3 years is nothing when you want to put out a great product. I wish I could have ordered one earlier. Remember the Wright Brothers, from bikes to planes!!!!

[@dougdanzeisen9608]

Looks good, can't wait to see deliveries start. This car and company deserves a real shot, and thanks to all the hard work it looks like it may indeed happen.

[@andymac2100]

I've been all in for some time and quietly cheering on Elio from the sidelines. The naysayers are losers. And guess what? Even if this car never comes to market, I would still say good try! But I do believe 100% that Elio will deliver. The naysayers exemplify the modern era of anti-American, whining 1% haters, want-it-now drones. Elio exemplifies yesteryear's can-do, American exceptionalism that brought innovative, consumer-desired, profitable products to market and made America great. Yup, it's taking a little longer to come to market, but I see zero reason to question the integrity, drive, passion and unwavering commitment of the executive team to complete this awesome mission. Good job Paul Elio and team!

[@normanbeattie2948]

I completely agree with your comment, stay the course #8283

[@bva4677]

Well said good sir! Can't wait for my road trip to Shreveport.

[@MIRAGEDEALER]

Thumbs up to you Andy. Like you the $1000 I sent won't break me and was well spent to give a dreamer a shot and making his dream a reality. Getting ELIO on the stock exchange has considerably improved our chances of owning and driving on some day in the future.

[@kerry4371]

The guy should be in jail for fraud!!!

[@kerry4371]

@@normanbeattie2948 yes,stay the course of frauditing the public!!!

[@Cronites]

What I wanna hear is more of Paul Elio's speech! :) Seems a bit was cutout at the end there. Looking good!

[@pashko90]

This is amazing! Want to test drive it NOW!

[@kerry4371]

How's that working for you???

[@pashko90]

@@kerry4371 this thing is outdated right now. Same project, but better are selling his units. Solo from electromechanica and Acomoto.

[@Eventwow]

I gave up waiting for this to come out, that was three years ago

[@briantakashima1018]

Other companies around the world are in competition. There should be something for everyone's needs.

[@PumpkinKingXXIII]

Yep, I drive from Dallas to south Louisiana every other week. I put 30,000 miles a year on a car and was so looking forward to this car. With the gas savings it would have paid for itself in 1 year for me. I have watched and hoped but this thing is not going to happen

[@kerry4371]

@@PumpkinKingXXIII it was a scam from the beginning!!!

[@PumpkinKingXXIII]

@@kerry4371 maybe, maybe not. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I think he originally thought he could go it and then saw the cash and realized the project was probably impossible so just gave himself a great salary and road it out as long as possible.

[@erichocinc]

What's truly visible in this reveal is how much Paul Elio has grown in the past couple of years. Bravo!

[@fanfare100]

Yes, he's one and a half inches taller

[@kerry4371]

He's grown to be a bigger douchebag!!!

[@Sirknight-ok9uh]

Can't wait to get mine!!

[@barbarafox4860]

I'm all in. When will I get mine??!! Love them!!

[@kerry4371]

To get one, you to send me $2000.00!!

[@timothystark5986]

Can we please get him on Jay Leno's show? Either the web series or the MSNBC show? We need to get more eyes on this, let him drive an E series around!

[@Glamorousreptilekev]

love this car!

[@dosbox907]

Man I cannot wait! Im gonna get one, hoon the hell out of it till engine takes a shit And imma go full ham on this thing. Rippin that elio engine out, slapping in a honda vtec yo, and swapping to honda front end. Gonna slap in some big ass suspension, rollin on 30in swampers and bolt the biggest turbo i can fit on it. Ol girl is gonna be a 3 wheel'd dirt demon. Stoked

[@WeAreNotAlone69]

I think ELIO ready needs to make the engine/trans bay wide enough so a broad range of engine swaps could be done. Additionally I feel that widening the body slightly to allow such would make for more interior space and would help the ELIO appeal to a far greater range of people from a usability and safety standpoint. I think the ELIO unless it gets widened slightly is going to make parents leery. Parents envisioning (right so) of their kid being in a ELIO and getting hit BROADSIDE by a SUV, truck, heck pretty much anything. (Think about being in the backseat of a ELIO that gets hit by a SUV... Think about the difference a couple of inches would make!) .

[@danielmunoz8707]

We believe in ELIO!!!!

[@kerry4371]

Why?

[@kerry4371]

Do you still believe in ELIO???

[@13HatsStudios]

5 years of Fund raising, and they still have not mass produced a single car... I was so excited when this first came to market, Glad I didnt do the "Non-Refundable" Deposit...

[@ishowyouapple]

What a scam. This is horrible

[@danielmunoz8707]

We love Paul Elio

[@kerry4371]

Send him more money, he needs it to build more 3 wheeled bikes....

[@politicallycowrecked4391]

You can do it!

[@Salanan]

The link to this video in your email is broken.

[@matthewfischer]

Any hard MPG data from this new E-Series?

[@augnkn93043]

Infinite mpg. Paul Elio has imagineered the numbers himself.

[@AudiophileTubes]

Elio IS real! You CAN still purchase ELLIO's PIZZA at your local supermarket! No reservation fee needed!

[@patricklemaire9671]

Waiting to purchase and Elio. Presently driving a 1992 Chevrolet Lumina with 233000 miles. Hope they start production by the end of the year. I need something affordable and with great gas mileage.......

[@greglhackney5407]

I'm 5k out of 55k! Dreaming of the day!!!

[@ritchieheimel3603]

Hi Paul, I would love to work for this company and also want to own one.

[@Dust2dust02]

Take a speech class. So many uhs... I will be getting one of these hopefully.

[@kerry4371]

Umm, probably never!

[@tinyhomeguru1171]

Awesome. I am excited at the consistent forward progress that this project has been making. And my stock seems to be doing well. Thanks for the opportunity to invest in your company.

[@JA-re8gi]

Tiny Home Guru Glad that Elio stock was a good investment.

[@brittond14]

My commute is 83 miles one way. Three hours a day to work and home. Audio books rock. I work on snowcats. Give me that little car and some snow tires please.

[@MrBobby6343]

Now I can say WOW! Great looking car. I wish it could at least seat three. But hey its a start! I am now more inclined to purchase.

[@kerry4371]

Currently seating 0.0!!! 7-10 years later he is a billionaire and nothing in production- mmmm!!!

[@zackery261]

What's up with the solid black headlights?

[@chicanoman2999]

im super serious on buying one, but where are they ..

[@JoshuaFowler8]

Does anyone know what Continental is providing? I know they manufacture various parts, just curious what specifically they will be contributing to the Elio.

[@qMaurtis]

Paul said they are doing the ABS calibration. I believe they are also the tire supplier as well.

[@keimo2007]

they pulled the sheet off!

[@1000crazypeople]

Being in Ohio where snow is a problem, are those wheel wells going to get packed with snow and ice?

[@TheThingamajig]

The fenders turn along with the tire so as long as they rotate (and they're powered), shouldn't be too much of a hassle. Some car manufacturer a long time ago *1960s?* made a car that was "stylish" but had rigid fender-wheel-well things that were basically skirts for the front wheels that did not turn with the tire, and those were a big problem in snow, as you lost your steering. These should be fine.

[@1000crazypeople]

Ah, okay. Thank you

[@mikemotta9754]

The fenders can be removed easily. So in heavy snow the fenders can come off and under normal conditions can be put back on. This had actually come from an Elio rep when i asked about reliability in snow.

[@richtrost2676]

They do come off easily as shown on one of the videos. What are the odds that you come out of WalMart to discover both fenders are missing? Hope they, at a minimum, have a proprietary fastener head.

[@evilpeach2]

You can also option the front wheel wells out and go for what they call a "Retro Fender" which basically just doesn't have the front wheel well fenders.

[@Durrpadil]

Is this company public? Can I contribute as a shareholder? I really want to see this company excel.

[@UniSkibum]

they are trading over the counter with ticker ELIO.

[@Durrpadil]

UniSkibum Thank you

[@JERRYUSA1962]

yes

[@kerry4371]

Paul needs more $$$$ to make this happen!!!

[@augnkn93043]

If you can find a Nigerian Prince he will sell you shares.

[@charlesbeltz9473]

Has a production date been established yet?

[@kerry4371]

The year 3000!

[@jesuschavez8417]

im modding this!

[@MurphyArtPrints]

Yeah with the right mods and that lightweight frame, this thing is going to be crazy fast.

[@homeboy17L]

they said a while back that production might start late 2016.........we'll see

[@matthewp7667]

their saying late 2017 now

[@BitcoinAndChess]

And in 2017, they'll say "late 2018". Count on it.

[@blakerust6777]

There really isn't any more technology in this vehicle than there is in a modern side-by-side/UTV. Somehow, they've dragged out this process for so long that I don't even miss my "all in" deposit and I certainly don't expect a vehicle to ever be produced.

[@AudiophileTubes]

2 things: this car will need Power Steering (Americans demand nothing less) AND great reliability.

[@coloradoboo1071]

While I'm 100% in support of this, I have to admit I'm quickly becoming a skeptic. 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and now 2017. (Like many others, I was THIS close to putting in my deposit in 2013 but, instead, bought a Scion iQ which has been wonderful commute car and I'm getting just under 50 mpg with the 1.3 liter engine.) If this thing DOES ever makes it to market, the folks making the Polaris Slingshot ($21,000) will NOT be too happy.

[@WeAreNotAlone69]

Hope before the design is set in stone that someone at ELIO has the sense to make the engine compartment wide and big enough to accept other power-trains and seriously consider widening the body slightly. Why? I.A.V. engine is unproven, and alot of people are going to want more POWER, others might want a diesel, etc. Note: This might involve making the engine compartment, or the ELIO body slightly wider. Pros to making the ELIO slightly wider? Beyond it making it easier to swap in another drive-train: Nice to have a couple more inches of crush room when a SUV, Truck... heck a regular car hits you BROADSIDE. Think about that....long and hard. Such would also increase interior space, heck as currently designed the trunk is only 14 inches wide! Widening the body would also frankly make the ELIO look better as well. Cons? Beyond the extra weight and cost of the steel pros far out weigh the cons, doubt drag (or price) would increase much. Widening the body slightly would also help in making the ELIO appeal to a wider audience of people, both from a usability and safety standpoint. Parents for example would feel safer about their kids having or being in a ELIO, body being slightly wider might mean the difference of life or death... especially for rear passenger! Another suggestion since they're now going to stamp the ELIO out of galvanized steel: Use Cor-ten steel... Go as thick as you can with the galvanizing and /or gauge of steel used! * ELIO states gas mileage at 49 city, 84 hwy... say making the body slightly wider reduces this to 48 city, 82.5 hwy... I think that is a good trade-off to keep that bumper of that SUV out of my lap and the lap of the passenger. (Think how more comfortable a passenger would feel if the ELIO was slightly wider . I know I wouldn't want to be in the back in a wreck.)

[@ishowyouapple]

They just go around the country showing it to people who haven't seen it or heard of it. The. They leave and never talk about it again. Car isn't coming to production. Sorry it's been fucking years.

[@RathOne123]

how long do we have to keep waiting for its release??...if its a while from now, stop teasing us because chances are if you push it again one more time you'll start to lose our patience.

[@mrspeigle1]

I will be much less skeptical when they actually start rolling off the assembly line and customers begin to take delivery.

[@verygood7155]

Elio knows there's one born every minute and some of them have commented here I see.

[@kerry4371]

Lol!!!

[@richardmcentire8854]

This is outstanding use of obsolete manufacturing space. I am surprised that Harley Davidson didn't figure out that they are threatened by this technology and yet they have the tools to provide it. Mac

[@tombukt2]

My Italian Aprilia scooter similar to BMW C 1 is much more fun to own yep it's a scoot but way more fun two wheeler

[@mikewilliam4801]

Mr. Elio stated to officials that he didn't know how to run a start up company, but that he "bought a book",On how to run a start up. Doesn't sound like this is going to be successful

[@JOHNNYFUTS]

Will it do a burnout?

[@briantakashima1018]

Why is that important? Lol... :D

[@1000crazypeople]

If tying the back down counts, then yes

[@NecromancerGarage]

Probably. I bet the first gear is pretty low since it's a 5-speed.

[@Georgeqaws]

If you turn off traction control, keep it in first gear, and tie the back down then maybe. 50-55 torque.

[@greglhackney5407]

Next years first quarter? Y, Y, Y?

[@Coryindahouse81]

so is the release date being pushed again smh

[@adrianrodriguez7316]

Yeah, as always. But I'm happy to keep a team employed and will be investing next month all the same

[@kerry4371]

@@adrianrodriguez7316 2055 prototype will be available to see!

[@ryterguy5804]

The Tucker for the 21st century.......and unfortunately will suffer the same fate....

[@MurphyArtPrints]

Who decided to use a power saw in the middle of an event?

[@dech7745]

👍

[@rcsc824sc8]

damn..new Tesla😂😂😂

[@augnkn93043]

Paul Elio is to three wheel drive cars as Elon Musk is to self driving cars.

[@mary2al]

They seem a little full of themselves to the point of being shortsighted (I'm an complete EV fan--especially of small ones) I could find nothing about cargo capacity on their website so I emailed them and they sent me a clear drawing with dimensions behind the seat of "14w x 27 long and 10" high at the highest = not high enough for a grocery bag!! What's with EV people that they can't employ basic common sense considerate design. The Volt does not have a passenger grab handle like every European and Japanese car of the past, the Tesla costs a fortune & now this!

[@furbaez1809]

I am sick of waiting

[@kerry4371]

Paul douchebag has scammed the world!!!

[@furbaez1809]

@@kerry4371 i can tell

[@carloscruz7317]

How incredibly stupid idea. The price will skyrocket and it's just gonna boring to drive because of the way it will be geared to achieve those fuel mileage numbers.

[@recoveringnewyorker2243]

It's not meant to be a blast to drive. It's good , basic , reliable transportation at an affordable price ! Maybe if we " dumb Americans " would have followed through with the lessons learned in the depression of the '30s or the oil embargo of the '70s we wouldn't have all the financial problems we have now . Except me of course. My home and 4 vehicles ( all 4 cyls and " boring " to drive ) are paid for .

[@MIRAGEDEALER]

And what have you achieved in you life, Carlos? Probably nothing. You make a statement on something you know nothing about! The fuel mileage numbers are not based on the gear ration its the drag coefficient based on the width of the vehicle. Half as wide. Half the drag. Naysayers like you are dime a dozen.

[@J.D.Vision]

So all this for another mule in white? How about you do a speech while the vehicles are moving through the assembly line while hundreds of people work in the background?!!! otherwise don't bother us with notifications.