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Elio Motors: First-Ever Auto-Show Press Event In NYC Touts '84-MPG' Three-Wheel Car

Green Car Reports

Startup automaker Elio Motors put on its first-ever car-show press conference last week, taking the last slot on Thursday''s media schedule at the New York Auto Show. Founder and CEO Paul Elio appeared at a simple podium in front of a bright-orange prototype Elio three-wheeled vehicle.

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The Challenges Paul Elio Faces To Launch A Three-Wheel, 84-MPG, $6,800 Car

Green Car Reports

Startup Elio Motors, which needs $230 million to begin production of its radical lightweight, two-seat, three-wheeled fuel-efficient vehicle, is still about $165 million short. CEO Paul Elio, speaking at last week''s New York Auto Show, said it has taken more than 41,000 deposits from eager potential buyers.

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SONDORS unveils $10K, 3-wheel, 3-seat EV at the Los Angeles Auto Show; Protean in-wheel motor

Green Car Congress

SONDORS Electric Car Company unveiled its three seat, three wheel, all electric vehicle at the 2017 LA Auto Show. The prototype, nicknamed Model SONDORS, was funded in January of this year through equity crowdfunding and completed seven months later.

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Saera Electric Auto and Keto Motors Team Up to Win the Indian E-3 Wheeler MarketĀ 

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The most recent such move from the industry is a joint venture between Delhi-based Saera Electric Auto and Telangana-based Keto Motors of the ETO Motors Group. The plant for Saera Electric Auto is situated at the former Harley-Davidson site in Bawal, Haryana, and has a current production capacity of 100,000 three-wheelers per year.

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1,000-mile electric car unveiled: Aptera returns 10 years later

Green Car Reports

What's the minimum necessary range for an electric car? The world's auto industry seems to have settled on 200-plus miles for North America and 300 kilometers (160 miles) or more for European and Asian markets. So the idea of an electric car with 1,000.

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U.Ok.ā€™s Tevva Motors merges with Canadaā€™s suffering EV maker ElectraMeccanica

Baua Electric

electrical automotive maker ElectraMeccanica Cars Corp. have indubitably to a merger that can give the British business truck start-up a North American foothold, pace offering ElectraMeccanica a fresh path next the corporate alone its three-wheeled Solo EV this April. based Tevva Motors Ltd. consistent with cent hobby.

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Aptera claims enough crowdfunding to make solar EV

Baua Electric

Aptera claims to have raised enough money in a recent crowdfunding campaign to start production of its solar-assisted three-wheeled EV, but the company is still far from assured of success. In Aptera’s July 2023 SEC filing, it anticipated first deliveries in Q2 2024, with 7,000 cars per year in 2025.

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