Comments on: Elio Motors Talked About Its Delays In Shreveport, Louisiana, When Didn’t The Company Choose An Electric Car? Let’s See https://masterherald.com/elio-motors-talked-about-its-delays-in-shreveport-louisiana-when-didnt-the-company-choose-an-electric-car/50024/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nathan https://masterherald.com/elio-motors-talked-about-its-delays-in-shreveport-louisiana-when-didnt-the-company-choose-an-electric-car/50024/#comment-253593 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:21:44 +0000 http://masterherald.com/?p=50024#comment-253593 If Elio builds it, I’d like to build an integrated kit for the rear wheel including electric motor and small battery for hybrid operation, with an integrated wheel and hub motor and a Raspberry Pi as the system microcontroller.

Figure maybe $5,000 for the kit with machined parts included, parts list, plans, and code at no charge if you want to DIY.

Elio’s right to design it for an ICE before moving forward with plug-in hybrid or EV variants. In the end, with a front wheel drive automobile, designing this way leads to a large equipment bay with drive access to the front wheels and power cable access to the rear wheel. There’s no reason to consider concessions to EV or PIH at this juncture because there’s no reason the Elio would make that transition even remotely difficult.

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