Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's private jet

Re:Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's privat... by dmoy on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @01:13PM (#39908225)

People do fork.

Tesla's original was a fork of a Lotus. They got the whole chassis/etc from Lotus, dropped in their own drive train and other stuff. Other reply mentioned paccar.

Idk why it doesn't happen more often. I suspect most manufacturers aren't willing to license like that.

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Re:Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's privat... by wkat4242 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @04:34PM (#39910577)

That wasn't really a fork, they didn't copy the design, they actually bought the chassis from lotus. It's not really that different from a manufacturer buying brakes or wheels from another supplier.

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Re:Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's privat... by jack_riminton on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:12PM (#39908983)

But then they ended up using so little of the original Lotus that Elon said they should have started with a blank canvas

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Re:Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's privat... by mlrtime on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @08:26AM (#39916545)

That wasn't a fork and Elon has stated it was a horrible idea that didn't work.

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