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Elio Motors to buy engines, abandons building its own

Green Car Reports

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 automaker. The company did not.

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MAHLE Powertrain and White Motorcycle Concepts developing fully electric 3-wheeled motorcycle for police, emergency first responders

Green Car Congress

MAHLE Powertrain is working with White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) to develop a fully electric three-wheeled motorcycle suited to the requirements of police, emergency first responders and last-mile delivery fleets.

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Elio Motors releases body framing and engine cradle design to suppliers for E-Series engineering prototype builds

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Elio Motors, the startup vehicle manufacturer launching a three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to 84 MPG with a targeted base price of $6,800 ( earlier post ), has released to its suppliers the body framing and engine cradle design for its E-Series engineering prototypes.

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Elio Motors unveils engine prototype for 84 mpg highway 3-wheeler

Green Car Congress

100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, Too, the Elio is considerably lighter than anything else on the market today; the Geo Metro engine was optimized for running at the higher load used in a heavier and larger vehicle. Current prototype of the Elio.

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Elio Motors completes first E-Series test vehicle

Green Car Congress

Elio Motors, the start-up vehicle manufacturer planning to launch a three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to 84 mpg (2.8 Elio Motors is planning to build 23 E-Series testing and validation vehicles to test for safety, aerodynamics and durability. manufacturing facility.

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Elio Motors selects Comau for powertrain and automated assembly systems for 3-wheel vehicles

Green Car Congress

a global leader in the development and implementation of engineering solutions for sustainable automation and production, as its automation partner to build its three-wheel, high efficiency vehicle. We are very pleased to be partnering with Elio Motors on the assembly of this unique three-wheel vehicle.

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Yamaha Joins Global Move to Battery Swaps for E-bikes

Cars That Think

Today, noisy, polluting, two-stroke gasoline engines are still ubiquitous across Asia,” says Sam Abuelsamid, Principal Research Analyst for Mobility Ecosystems at Guidehouse Insights “Converting those to electric power will go a long way toward helping countries reach their greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets.

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