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Fuel-Efficient Elio Three-Wheel Car Hits 15,000 Orders Before Production Starts
Green Car Reports via autos.yahoo.com ^ | Fri Apr 25, 2014 | Antony Ingram

Posted on 04/25/2014 11:56:28 AM PDT by posterchild

You wouldn't think a small, green, three-wheeled vehicle would be the perfect recipe for creating a buzz in the car world.

But that's what Paul Elio has done with his Elio Motors firm, and though the vehicle in question is still a fair while from production reality, the company has a loyal following already.

So far, it's enough of a buzz that over 15,000 people have put down deposits for the car, according to Elio's website (via Autoblog Green).

That doesn't mean the company has 15,000 sales in the bag, of course.

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It's led Elio to suggest the emissions from driving its cars 20,000 miles per year will produce lower greenhouse gases than the emissions of a cow.

(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: comau; eliomotors; louisiana; shreveport
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To: posterchild

Messerschmidt produced a three-wheeler right after WWII but it was more flimsy looking than this proposed design.


41 posted on 04/25/2014 1:27:38 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: posterchild
"It's led Elio to suggest the emissions from driving its cars 20,000 miles per year will produce lower greenhouse gases than the emissions of a cow."

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In fact, this is how you gas them up...


42 posted on 04/25/2014 1:42:02 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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To: molson209
do you start it like you do a lawnmower ?

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If your lawnmower has the same electric start system you've had in every car since the 1940's then the answer is yes. This is a real vehicle made to take the same abuse as any other car in real world driving.

This pic is of an earlier prototype but it illustrates very clearly that this is a REAL car , the comparison car is a cadillac CTS ...


43 posted on 04/25/2014 4:18:27 PM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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To: posterchild

Rollover fun.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/vlcsnap-00008.jpg


44 posted on 04/25/2014 4:29:58 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Neidermeyer

If I was single, it would be perfect, I guess.
But I am not.


45 posted on 04/25/2014 6:27:35 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: mc5cents

You can say that again.


46 posted on 04/26/2014 9:15:32 AM PDT by xone
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