crozet: "Realistically this "could" take 1-3 more years."
Possibly. However, Cooper's 12 month timeline (now about 10 months) included:
4. Begin volume production and deliveries
5. Recognize meaningful revenues from these sales
Once meaningful revenues are recognized, the analysts will have a means of valuation and projecting growth. This should happen when the first revenues are realized, i.e. less than a year.
However, I think that speculative interest will increase dramatically long before then. The pivotal event, in my opinion, will be when a PR announces that NVEI has successfully completed carrier trials, and the carrier is named.