Okay. Im breaking out of the percentages. It ca only last so long. Thats what I guess a cheap EV in the US would look like. I really hope the standard features in Scouts are top notch for the 60k starting price.
But seriously, yes. Manual adjusting mirrors.
The $40K Tesla Model 3 Is the Only New Car Sold in America With Manual Side Mirrors
The axing of several features delivers a considerably lower price, though the move is mighty ironic for a company that's always been about the future and cutting-edge tech.www.thedrive.com
From the article I posted above
It just says manual folding on Tesla website when I looked now. I know he is, but you can see the screen and mirror controls are on there to adjust them like on the other trim levels. There’s no way Tesla would have manual adjustable mirrors, just manual folding.
I think that’s just a mistake on Tesla’s part. They’d have to redo the driver profile settings since they auto adjust the mirrors and would probably cost more to move to manual mirrors than just leave at power adjustable. From videos I’ve seen from YouTubers they either haven’t mentioned that at all or shown the mirror adjustment on them. Until I see someone show that it is not possible to adjust on the screen and they do it manual I won’t believe it. But will happily eat my words if they do show that.
Fair enough.
Apparently a lot of their founding employees left Canoo in 2021 and started a new company, Harbinger.I loved them and would buy one in a heartbeat if it had decent offroad chops.
I believe the board agreed recently to sell all of the company’s assets to the former CEO (for a criminally cheap sum). It’s not clear if he is going to gut it and sell it all, or try to rebuild it.
Very very shady though.
Edit: found an article. The bankruptcy trustee is the one who approved the sale.
Basically helped the CEO steal the company for pennies on the dollar.
Canoo's CEO is buying the bankrupt EV startup's assets | TechCrunch
The CEO of Canoo is buying nearly all of the defunct EV startup's assets out of bankruptcy, according to a court filing. A new entity controlled by thetechcrunch.com
“The CEO of Canoo is buying nearly all of the defunct EV startup’s assets out of bankruptcy, according to a court filing.
A new entity controlled by the CEO, Anthony Aquila, has offered to purchase “substantially all” of the assets for $4 million in cash. The sale will also wipe clean a more-than-$11 million debt Canoo owed to a financial firm run by Aquila, which loaned money to the startup during its final months.
The sale proposal comes just six weeks after Canoo filed for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in Delaware and wound down its business. The startup, which went public in 2020 as part of a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, never sold more than a handful of its electric vans to government entities like NASA, the United States Postal Service, and the Department of Defense, before it failed.
Canoo has told the court that as of February 24 it had around $145 million in assets and $175 million in liabilities, and around $12 million in cash and equivalents. Other interested parties can submit “higher and better offers” for the company’s assets before a deadline of March 28, according to a filing.
But the bankruptcy trustee wrote in the filing that the “best course of action” would be to proceed with the sale to Aquila. The trustee cited a number of reasons for this, such as a “lack of financing currently available” to support EV manufacturing.
He wrote that the failure of other EV startups (like Fisker and Nikola, though he did not name them specifically) has produced a “glut of EV related assets” that are available “at fire-sale prices.” He also wrote that Canoo’s estate doesn’t have the money to cover “rents, security costs, and insurance necessary to maintain the integrity of the assets.”
As long as it goes through, Aquila’s new entity — called WHS Energy Solutions, Inc. and created in Delaware — will receive Canoo’s manufacturing equipment, completed vehicles, intellectual property, contracts, and other inventory and assets. WHS Energy Solutions is not taking over any of Canoo’s leases, and will not be responsible for any of the claims other creditors have against Canoo’s estate.“
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Harbinger has a feel like Bollinger did when they tried to build the SUV and truck which are still my favoritesApparently a lot of their founding employees left Canoo in 2021 and started a new company, Harbinger.
Who raised a stink during the bankruptcy proceedings, and accused the CEO of hiding assets. He claims they stole IP.
They are offering their own EREV commercial vans with up to 500 miles with a range extender generator.
MUCH more utilitarian design.
Plug-in Hybrid Chassis - Harbinger Motors
Discover Harbinger’s plug-in hybrid chassis, designed for commercial fleets that need extended range, lower emissions, and exceptional performance.
I think that the new low tier Model Y is going to sell like hotcakes for Uber and Rental Companies....but the real key I think is that it introduces a "price ladder" similar to Apple where people can now say "Look how much I get for X more"
It definitely makes a lot of sense for fleet vehicles and cab services.
I would buy one of these if i was mobile mechanic.Apparently a lot of their founding employees left Canoo in 2021 and started a new company, Harbinger.
Who raised a stink during the bankruptcy proceedings, and accused the CEO of hiding assets. He claims they stole IP.
They are offering their own EREV commercial vans with up to 500 miles with a range extender generator.
MUCH more utilitarian design.
Plug-in Hybrid Chassis - Harbinger Motors
Discover Harbinger’s plug-in hybrid chassis, designed for commercial fleets that need extended range, lower emissions, and exceptional performance.
I don't remember much about Canoo as I've flushed them out of my memory, but I do recall being fully convinced the CEO was pulling a con job, same with Lordstown's CEO.Apparently a lot of their founding employees left Canoo in 2021 and started a new company, Harbinger.
Who raised a stink during the bankruptcy proceedings, and accused the CEO of hiding assets. He claims they stole IP.
They are offering their own EREV commercial vans with up to 500 miles with a range extender generator.
MUCH more utilitarian design.
Plug-in Hybrid Chassis - Harbinger Motors
Discover Harbinger’s plug-in hybrid chassis, designed for commercial fleets that need extended range, lower emissions, and exceptional performance.
