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Elio Motors promised a next-gen, 84 mpg car and got millions in deposits. But where are the cars?
When Bev Hargraves first saw Elio Motors' three-wheeled car prototype in 2013 – a tandem two-seater that promised 84 miles per gallon – he saw it as the perfect way to save money on fuel while driving to play in amateur golf tournaments.
Hargraves, an insurance salesman from Little Rock, Arkansas, placed a $1,000 deposit on the Elio, which was advertised for less than $7,000.
Eight years later, he still hasn’t gotten his vehicle – and he hasn’t gotten his money back, either.
Hargraves, 70, says he can't help but “wonder if it was a scam to start with” rather than just a company struggling to reach production.
After securing more than 65,000 reservations totaling tens of millions of dollars, Elio Motors went silent in 2018, saying virtually nothing for three years until USA TODAY began looking into the company this summer.
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Despite promising to begin vehicle production as soon as 2014, the company has repeatedly failed t
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