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    EV maker Fisker says it may go out of business

    EV startup Fisker is pausing production of its electric Ocean SUV for six weeks as it scrambles for a cash infusion. The company said in a Monday morning regulatory filing that it had just $121 million in cash and cash equivalents as of March 15th, $32 million of which is restricted or not...
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    Germany bans Cybertruck

    Yes, there are: Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cybertrucks-stiff-structure-sharp-design-raise-safety-concerns-experts-2023-12-08/
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    Twitter and the Chief Twit

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    EV maker Fisker says it may go out of business

    Bankruptcy imminent?
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    Rivian R3 Compact

    Shouldn't this thread move to the 'Electric Vehicles' subforum?
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    All discussion of Rivian Automotive

    Rivian and Apple? "Whether Rivian is looking to Apple as a potential savior or partner, or is merely emulating the polished launches of such products as the iPhone in 2007 or the iMac in 1998, is unclear for now. A merger with Apple could certainly provide a solution to Rivian’s financial...
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    EV maker Fisker says it may go out of business

    Nissan And Fisker Are Reportedly About To Agree To A Partnership – A Win-Win Situation? https://www.carscoops.com/2024/03/nissan-and-fisker-are-reportedly-about-to-agree-to-a-partnership-a-win-win-situation/#Echobox=1709629015
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    Apple car

    https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/28/apple-car-10-billion-spent/
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    Apple car

    More than $100 billion is what the whole sector spent on AV development, according to MIT and WSJ.
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    EV maker Fisker says it may go out of business

    Plenty of investors... initially. Perhaps Fisker decided to throw in the towel sort of after: https://fiskerati.com/electric-vehicles/fisker/magna-international-and-institutional-investors-adjust-ownership-stakes-in-fisker/
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    EV maker Fisker says it may go out of business

    Yup, Fisker is foremost a design house without any production atachments, except for being a boutique builder of very small series of design cars. However, this time mighty Magna was involved. I always thought that the two were a match made in heaven. Both aspired to start a true automotive...
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    Fisker Ocean... ?

    Fisker in dire straits. "Fisker said that there is “substantial doubt” that it will have enough money to make it through the year, the company said in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday. As such, it’s embarked on a cost-cutting spree, laying off 15 percent of...
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    Apple car

    Look, has vehicle autonomy development turned into Ins Blaue Hinein engineering, aimed at making cars as we know them today drive themselves? Because that sure didn’t work out. One might conclude this after well over $100 billion has been spent on making cars drive themselves. Partly because...
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    I continue to be amazed at the hatred for EVs

    Geography dependent. In the Netherlands the EV is embraced.My guess is that in the not too distant future, city councils will severely limit city access for ICE cars, or even declare illegal to use.
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    Is the new Fiat Topolino (only) street legal as a golf cart in the U.S.?

    In case you thought that the classic Fiat 500 was a short car:
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    Apple car

    "Apple always wants to vertically integrate and own the hardware. They are a computer company. The car is the ultimate computer on wheels. They decided they can’t compete with tesla on manufacturing (because they outsource to China) so it’s not worth it." Unless, it comes with something...
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    Apple car

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    Yet another electric micro-car, the Silence 04

    Silence S04 Acceleration. <7s 0-50 km/h Range WMTC. 149 km Top speed. 85 km/h Motor. 14kW (22 kW Peak) Dimensions. 2282 x 1268 x 1573 mm Vehicle weight excl. battery 435 kg (battery weight 2x 41 kg) Brakes (front/rear) Disk/Disk Wheels (front/rear) 155/65-14” Smart ForTwo as comparison:
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    Yet another electric micro-car, the Silence 04

    World's tallest microcar aficionado, Jack Scarlett heads to The Netherlands to take a spin in another new model: the Silence S04. The product of a Spanish scooter company, this dinky vehicle promises levels of comfort and performance nearer to that of a full size car than its micro rivals...
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    Waymo

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    Artificial Intelligence

    Not all doom 'n' gloom... Thought this one is hilarious.
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    Fisker Ocean... ?

    Certain Fisker Ocean owners complain that their vehicles aren't going into gear, and are rolling away, in just the latest issue to plague the new EV https://www.carscoops.com/2024/02/us-probes-fisker-ocean-after-owners-report-evs-rolling-away/#Echobox=1708098449
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    Waymo

    Gizmodo mentioned the fire incident: "Looks like they have Waymo problems than they expected"
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    Nanoflowcell's 48 Volt Quant

    "Last year, the European tech firm nanoFlowcell set up a US office to pitch its new QUANTiNO twentyfive electric car featuring new flow battery technology"... https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/31/new-flow-battery-electric-car-usa-ira/ So, they still seem to be in the pitching stage / finding...
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    Waymo

    "Misleading"?... An experienced driver would have anticipated this and waited until he/she got a clear sight of what's behind the truck. But I guess this will be learning material for Waymo.
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    Waymo

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    Apple abandons self driving car/says it’s not technologically feasible to achieve L5

    L4-L5 when you're cruising from LA to Las Vegas, all traffic on your side of the divider going in the same direction. L3-L4 at best in urban traffic.
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    Trump will end Biden's EV (tax credit) policies

    That was before I thought that DJT had a chance of returning to TWH...
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    Trump will end Biden's EV (tax credit) policies

    Okay... but what will happen when gasoline (and diesel) prices do come down when the stuff becomes abundantly supplyable because of way more drilling... and at the same time EV tax credits are canecelled? American carmakers already have a hard time selling EVs. Chinese carmakers may even...
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    Trump will end Biden's EV (tax credit) policies

    If there is one thing that Trump is clear about, it is to "drill - drill - drill" for more oil and gas, and to end Biden's electric car policies. Which makes it the more wondrous why Elon Musk is reportdedly endorsing Trump.
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    Is the EV market about to crash? What do you think?

    People buy Teslas that happen to be electric cars. The tradtional carmakers have more difficulty to make the transition. It doesn't help that they focus on electric trucks and SUVs.
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    Is the EV market about to crash? What do you think?

    There's a doom & gloom Medium.com article: https://medium.com/@ultiumtech/the-ev-market-turmoil-unraveling-the-crash-3855dc27f81c Here's the vid that goes with it:
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    Autonomous Car Progress

    VTPI published a recent overview where all 'driverless' considerations, speculations, scenarios and challenges are neatly ordered: https://www.vtpi.org/avip.pdf "some aspects" Vehicles last longer, cost more, impose larger external costs, and are more highly regulated than most other consumer...
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    Cruise

    The more reason to dfferentiate between shuttle-like robo-taxis, so they can carry more people on one trip including wheelchairs, and smaller pod-like taxis. The average (robo) taxi trip consists of carrying 1.2 person. I envisage a three-seater. Better deploy something smaller for the smaller...
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    Cruise

    1 AV technology hasn’t brought what was projected years ago 2 Hard to influence: traffic situation and the set of rules and regulations 3 But what about the car itself? A driverless vehicle or robo taxi could be a lot smaller, therefore form less of a safety threat to pedestrians etc. to begin...
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    Cruise

    "... it’s not clear if companies like GM want to see the future of transportation change. They’ve been doing fine for a century making cars and may want to not see that turned upside down. But if they don’t, somebody else will, and leave them behind."...
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    No EV thread on the XPeng?

    A MotorTrend reviewer called it the "most impressive" he had driven. https://www.motortrend.com/features/xpeng-p7-most-impressive-new-car-ive-driven-this-year/
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    Tesla car design is on the wrong track?

    Venture into new territories? There is more to personal mobility. Although I do think that the moment Tesla replaces its present rather conservatively styled cars (except for the CT of course) by spectacular new ones, it will be the Empire stikes big once again.
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    New compact tesla

    Don't know what happened, but this was posted in the wrong thread. Sorry.
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    New compact tesla

    Venture into new territories? There is more to personal mobility. Although I do think that the moment Tesla replaces its present rather conservatively styled cars (except for the CT of course) by spectacular new ones, it will be the Empire stikes once again.
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    Boring Company Hyperloop

    Is Virgin (Richard Branson) still into loopy hypes? I mean hyperlopes. Oops, just read that the one that folded was financed by Branson.
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    Germany bans Cybertruck

    Interesting! When in a high-speed collision, Cybertruck’s front underbody casting is designed to break into small pieces. This helps reduce occupant impact by absorbing & dispensing energy. This manufacturing simplification is great for manufacturing costs and initial vehicle cost, but, as has...
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    Germany bans Cybertruck

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    Germany bans Cybertruck

    Someone commented on Carscoops: In case of a fire or accident, good luck for someone or rescue services get in to this death trap to save the occupants... Can't even break the glass. It's bulletproof, so there's that...
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    Germany bans Cybertruck

    Probably not coming to the UK as well. https://www.stablevehiclecontracts.co.uk/blog/will-the-tesla-cybertruck-come-out-in-the-uk