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My sadness is I don't see the entrepreneurial entry points as low down the scale as they were for Internet. A one or two person start up in the EV world is not
by lifeisstillgood 5y ago
My sadness is I don't see the entrepreneurial entry points as low down the scale as they were for Internet. A one or two person start up in the EV world is not going to survive in order to grow. The supply chain for cars is big capital intensive and dominated by the whims of the big players.
I am not sure where / if I can play at that table :-(
- bserge 5y agoConversions is my first thought. In fact, I would love to do this for all kinds of vehicles for the rest of my life heh.
- lavela 5y agoIs there much advancement in that space? I would love to get a panel van in the nearer future but I won't buy a combustion car nor do I have 50.000 € to to spend on a new eletric one. It would be great to be able to get an older MB Sprinter with a motor defect and to retrofit it with some standardized solution. The last time I looked up on that, the only option was to get a very custom solution which wouldn't be feasible due to the high cost for planning and certification.
- lifeisstillgood 5y agoIt's so weird that I have a mental conflation of Electric and (semi-)autonomous vehicles. I assumed the effort to build a conversion would include the various controls brakes etc to be software controlled. But I guess not