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> Some close to Mission Motors said it had reached a point of no return by last fall, when departures to Apple, and other companies, accelerated after a long st
by drglitch 11y ago
> Some close to Mission Motors said it had reached a point of no return by last fall, when departures to Apple, and other companies, accelerated after a long struggle to find funding and a sound business model.
So is Apple really to blame here, or is this yet another case of 'who needs revenue strategy anyway?' On the part of Mission? You can't blame the engineers moving to a much higher paying - and likely just as exciting - job at a large company which has less risk.
- Shivetya 11y agoprobably just the last few nails in the coffin. They made a good product but the motorcycle industry is not that large and new players have a tough time getting their name out. Figure the engineers leaving near the end merely saw the writing on the wall.
- patrickyeon 11y agoI went and chatted with some people at Mission Motors ~18 months ago. They had recently split off Mission Motorcycles to do the motorcycle thing independently. Mission Motors seemed mostly focussed on electrifying construction and farm equipment by then.
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- simonhamp 11y agoCan't help but feel perhaps the reporter is anti-Apple as there is some severe bias there.... or maybe just audience-pandering, link-bait?