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minus-square8adger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoI was also told by someone that worked there that the whole problem with them was a software issue in the motor controller. The manufacturer of that controller would not work with them on a fix and management didn’t want to replace them.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoSo the whole company folded because they didn’t demand access to the source code they put in their vehicles.
I was also told by someone that worked there that the whole problem with them was a software issue in the motor controller. The manufacturer of that controller would not work with them on a fix and management didn’t want to replace them.
So the whole company folded because they didn’t demand access to the source code they put in their vehicles.