The latest I have is they are now setting up the production line to make about 30 for crash tests. They'll build a couple, crash them, modify, repeat. They have 44,000 people that have put some money down on a place in line to get them. About 6600 of them put up an average of $3770. A lot of people really want to see this happen and they are putting up money to prove it.
I think they only have 5 prototypes so far. It's gotta hurt to watch the first 30 near-production models be run into a wall, but being able to say it meets Fed crash safety ratings for a car will be a huge selling point.
They are at least a year behind the promised schedule but they are still making progress. The engine looks good but I haven't heard anything about the trans yet. They plan to offer auto and manual. That's a tall order. Manuals are not so bad but automatics are complex machines.
I think they only have 5 prototypes so far. It's gotta hurt to watch the first 30 near-production models be run into a wall, but being able to say it meets Fed crash safety ratings for a car will be a huge selling point.
They are at least a year behind the promised schedule but they are still making progress. The engine looks good but I haven't heard anything about the trans yet. They plan to offer auto and manual. That's a tall order. Manuals are not so bad but automatics are complex machines.
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