True@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoWhen EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?restofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square248fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down114
arrow-up1519arrow-down1external-linkWhen EV startups shut down, will their cars still work?restofworld.orgTrue@lemy.lol to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square248fedilink
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoI think ford and gm have turnkey crate motors and I suspect the vehicles have the same systems. Might be fun problem to solve.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoI don’t think it’s too far out of the realm of possibility considering numerous people buy crashed/scrapped EVs and adapt them into old vehicles or modify them into Franken-cars on Youtube.
minus-squarefemtech@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoThere was that one guy on YouTube and he rebuilt a military humvee with telsa motors.
I think ford and gm have turnkey crate motors and I suspect the vehicles have the same systems. Might be fun problem to solve.
I don’t think it’s too far out of the realm of possibility considering numerous people buy crashed/scrapped EVs and adapt them into old vehicles or modify them into Franken-cars on Youtube.
There was that one guy on YouTube and he rebuilt a military humvee with telsa motors.