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 glitchc on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @01:25PM (#39908407)

Using an ICE base platform for EVs doesn't make sense, and there is no EV base platform for sale/license. Companies building the EVs are holding their cards tightly to their chests for competitive advantage.

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Re:Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's privat... by sofixa on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:13PM (#39908990)

> Using an ICE base platform for EVs doesn't make sense,

Kind of. Renault's small sized EVs share parts of the platform as some ICE models (e.g. Clio/Renault 5 E-Tech) which allows them to reduce costs of the EV model. Considering their target audience and market segment (small city-focused EV with city-scale range) the tradeoff is perfectly acceptable.

> and there is no EV base platform for sale/license

How do you know this? Renault for instance are in a pretty specific spot, market wise, and they were trying to merge with Fiat-Chrysler before the latter ended up with PSA (Peugeot, Citroen, Opel) in Stellantis. They have some EV tech, especially on the cheap city-focused side (Dacia Spring, Renault Zoe, Renault 5 E-tech), and would probably be open to collaborating / sharing risks. This is purely conjecture of course.

Also, Subaru managed to license Toyota's EV tech.

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Re:Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's privat... by s0rce on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @01:49PM (#39908683)

Isn't the Subaru Solterra based on the same platform as the Toyota bz4x?

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Re:Canoo spent double its annual revenue on the CEO's privat... by slaw on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @01:48PM (#39908667)

There are EV base platforms for sale and license. For example Nio licensees it's platform. 60% of EVs are made/sold in China so that's where you should look for a platform.

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