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What does the age or nationality of the founder have to do with it? Do cars go less fast in Croatia?

by WJW 3y ago

tgv 3y ago
The obvious, I think: Croatia is small and doesn't have much of a car industry, nor of a history of tech development.
- fiksie 3y ago
  >doesn't have much of a car industry Rimac is focused on electric car part development like electro-hydraulic brake system. You don't have to have assembly lines for that. >no history of tech development Croatia has Rimac and Infobip, which puts them above average unicorn per capita in EU. Companies are succeeding in spite of leftover corruption from commie times.
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- BerislavLopac 3y ago
  > nor of a history of tech development Oh, it has a very long history of tech development, including that one guy whose name was stolen for that other overvalued EV company.
  - tgv 3y ago
    I haven't seen much of that history, and Tesla might have been born in current Croatia, but was ethnically a Serb, but most importantly, he did most of his work in the US. I think that's what makes that car company more remarkable: talented tech/entrepeneur doesn't go to the States.
    - BerislavLopac 3y ago
      > most importantly, he did most of his work in the US That is correct, and I agree that it's most important -- his ethnicity is completely irrelevant (no more than Steve Jobs's Syrian one) and his place of birth just slightly more, as it defined where he went for education (Graz and Prague) and early work (Budapest and Paris, which led directly to his move to the US). > I haven't seen much of that history Which is fair, especially considering the fact that it wasn't a separate country for most of its history. But things like electric speedometer, military torpedo, rubber hot water bottle and a few others came from there.
dna_polymerase 3y ago
I'd argue the company would be less remarkable if it was founded by an 50 year old ex-BMW manager in Bavaria. Mate Rimac is an impressive man, have a look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_Rimac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_Rimac
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What does the age or nationality of the founder have to do with it? Do cars go less fast in Croatia?

by WJW 3y ago

What does the age or nationality of the founder have to do with it? Do cars go less fast in Croatia?

tgv 3y ago

The obvious, I think: Croatia is small and doesn't have much of a car industry, nor of a history of tech development.

fiksie 3y ago
>doesn't have much of a car industry Rimac is focused on electric car part development like electro-hydraulic brake system. You don't have to have assembly lines for that. >no history of tech development Croatia has Rimac and Infobip, which puts them above average unicorn per capita in EU. Companies are succeeding in spite of leftover corruption from commie times.
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BerislavLopac 3y ago
> nor of a history of tech development Oh, it has a very long history of tech development, including that one guy whose name was stolen for that other overvalued EV company.
- tgv 3y ago
  I haven't seen much of that history, and Tesla might have been born in current Croatia, but was ethnically a Serb, but most importantly, he did most of his work in the US. I think that's what makes that car company more remarkable: talented tech/entrepeneur doesn't go to the States.
  - BerislavLopac 3y ago
    > most importantly, he did most of his work in the US That is correct, and I agree that it's most important -- his ethnicity is completely irrelevant (no more than Steve Jobs's Syrian one) and his place of birth just slightly more, as it defined where he went for education (Graz and Prague) and early work (Budapest and Paris, which led directly to his move to the US). > I haven't seen much of that history Which is fair, especially considering the fact that it wasn't a separate country for most of its history. But things like electric speedometer, military torpedo, rubber hot water bottle and a few others came from there.

dna_polymerase 3y ago

I'd argue the company would be less remarkable if it was founded by an 50 year old ex-BMW manager in Bavaria. Mate Rimac is an impressive man, have a look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_Rimac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_Rimac

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