Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2017

Elio Motors, the startup vehicle manufacturer planning to launch a three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to 84 mpg with a targeted base price of $7,450, has selected AISIN Group to supply transmissions for the Elio. —Paul Elio, founder and CEO of Elio Motors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2016

Elio Motors, the startup vehicle manufacturer planning to launch a three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to 84 mpg with a targeted base price of $6,800, will sell 100 pre-production vehicles built at its Shreveport, Louisiana, production facility fourth quarter of 2016. —Paul Elio.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2015

When Paul Elio said in April that his startup carmaker, Elio Motors, was pursuing crowdsourced funding, most journalists likely imagined sites like Kickstarter or GoFundMe. Elio needs to raise roughly $230 million to start manufacturing its three-wheeled, two-seat, "84-mpg".

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

Peugeot’s HYbrid4 technology uses a parallel architecture combining a diesel engine, electric motor, 6-speed electronically controlled manual gearbox (MCP) and a stop-start system. 100 km (62 mpg US) and 99g of CO 2 /km. L/100 km (118 mpg US). L/100 km (48 mpg US) or 119 g/km of CO 2. Peugeot cycles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Here is the full text of the blog post, and the Press Release from Aptera Motors: [link]. Source: Aptera Motors]. 18, 2009) — In September 2008, when fledgling vehicle manufacturer Aptera named Paul Wilbur president and CEO, the 27-year Detroit auto executive set forth a series of financial goals and product deadlines.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Despite having seen them around for years, they were models I had long assumed would be marginally better than the atrocious three-wheeled motorcycles offered by Harley-Davidson. Can-Am’s three-wheeled products turned out to be some of the best touring vehicles I’ve ever ridden sans air conditioning.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

In a press conference in Carlsbad, California, Aptera Motors unveiled the pre-production version of the electric three-wheel, 200+ mpg Aptera 2e along with 23 strategic suppliers , including GE; A123Systems for the Li-ion battery pack; Remy International for the drive motor ( earlier post ); and BorgWarner for the single ratio transaxle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

The multi-link components are manufactured in high-carbon steel alloy. liter VC-Turbo engine is projected to have a double-digit percentage increase in highway mpg for the front-wheel drive models. —José Muñoz, chief performance officer, Nissan Motor Co., Compared with the previous 3.5-liter liter V6 engine, the 2.0-liter

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