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Alt Car Expo 2007: Open Source Vehicle Project (VIDEO) {Autoblog Green}
Nov 8th 2007 9:03PM Hello Chris,
Dave here, the chairman of the group.
I would like to point out that for a regular car company there are more forces at work other than the engineers. Think about marketing, executives, servicing, dealerships, stock holders, etc. There is also existing infrastructure to worry about. That's a lot of status quo for engineers to overcome.
SSM-OSGV on the other hand, has no such worries. We are free to incorporate what we think is the best for mankind. Our core team is a group of highly experienced specialists from a number of industries outside of Detroit. Whether we are paid or not is rather irrelevant, because our team is better than what Detroit can ever be.
We are also working with a group of investors to bring our product to market in the schedule we've presented.
Tesla's co-founder says all other electric car companies are wrong, make "crap" {Autoblog Green}
Oct 22nd 2007 8:27PM The failure of DeLorean was also attributed to the the depression in early 1980's. With the economy slowing in the next couple of years (caused by weak real estate market and weak currency, etc.), high-end car market might experience increasing pressure.
Anyway, I am not looking for an answer but it's just something Tesla should watch out for.
I am more interested in the overall environmental impact a new car can deliver - not how many affluent individuals it entertains. The real intention of Tesla, to me, remains unclear.
David W. Lee
Society for Sustainable Mobility
http://www.osgv.org/
OSCar - the open source car {Download Squad}
May 10th 2006 12:29AM OSGV is another an open source car project we started in Los Angeles since 2005. We are seeking help from subject matter experts. check out http://www.osgv.org see what you think. Email me if you are interested... wheel@osgv.org
OSCar, if I remember correctly, started in 1999 in Germany.
