Jeep, I think you have summed up things pretty well. WM blew it. Period. the meter should have been the meat and potatoes from the beginning. Wasted way to much time and $$ on the Wheelies.
Made TWO major mistakes;
Wheelies. $3500. Each. Sort of like someone here buying a car for $25k and spending $35/40k on an accessory. Not gonna happen.
Seems they had NO IDEA the Wheelies would also need a permit to be used on the road. OPPS.....
Just really bad Vision. Bad management.
All this talk about needing years for a tech. company to develop and succeed? Around the same time frame. Uber now worth billions. WM????????