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

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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. But he also said the company''s best. New York Auto Show Louisiana Three-wheel Fuel Economy Startups Elio Motors'

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Elio seeks $100 million in IPO; 3-wheeler price raised, production delayed, again

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Entrepreneur Paul Elio's concept for a simple three-wheeled car that would cost only $6,800 has now been with us for eight years.

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Elio Motors to buy engines, abandons building its own

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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. Previously, the company planned to build its own 3-cylinder engine with up to 55 horsepower for its projected 84-mpg three-wheeler.

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Will 3-wheeled so-called 'autocycles' break out this year? We're skeptical

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Three-wheeled vehicles have never been remotely popular in North America, but some new makers of these unusual vehicles are hoping for a resurgence of interest.

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Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

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The company presented these latest test results in a paper at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit. The company has recently completed a 110cc production-intent prototype, which it began testing in February. There is no ISFC improvement at high load. Pinnacle Engines’ 4-stroke opposed-piston engine.

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2019 Nissan Altima features VC-Turbo variable compression ratio engine, AWD, ProPILOT Assist

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liter V6 engine is the world’s first production-ready variable compression turbo inline 4-cylinder ( earlier post )—which generates the performance of some V6 gasoline engines but with 4-cylinder level fuel economy. In terms of fuel economy, the new 2.0-liter Replacing the previous-generation Altima’s 3.5-liter

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