Elio Motors Begins Building Prototype Vehicle
Elio Motors has started work on a prototype of its enclosed, three-wheeled vehicle, the company announced. The P5 will include Elio Motors' recently unveiled 0.9 liter, 3-cylinder engine prototype and a manual transmission.
Photo courtesy of Elio Motors.
Elio Motors has started work on a prototype of its enclosed, three-wheeled vehicle, the company announced. The P5 will include Elio Motors' recently unveiled 0.9 liter, 3-cylinder engine prototype and a manual transmission.
The company is expected to launch the vehicle, which is expected to get up to 84 miles per gallon and sell for $6,800, in the middle of 2016.
The P5 is the first in a series of 26 prototypes code-named P5 through P30 that will be developed for a variety of testing and validation purposes.
The transmission on the P5 will be a multi-mode manual transmission manufactured by Aisin. Elio and its manufacturing partner Comau will build the vehicle at a world-class manufacturing facility in Shreveport, La., where General Motors previously built the Hummer H3 and Chevrolet Colorado.
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