Obrist, the Austrian firm that put gas and methanol range extenders in Tesla Model 3 and Model Y prototypes, is bankrupt with about $37 million in debt.
Now, I’m not saying that it’s a dumber idea than putting rocket thrusters on a car…
According the their original article apparently the plan wasn’t to pay for a full price car then donan expensive modification - but was supposed to be cheaper to manufacturer them that way in the first place.
Not sure wtf they were thinking, since that’s now how the real world works. Like Tesla would ever be like “Oh here you go, here’s a partially finished car from our assembly line. Go ahead and do what you want with it and resell it.”
According the their original article apparently the plan wasn’t to pay for a full price car then donan expensive modification - but was supposed to be cheaper to manufacturer them that way in the first place.
Not sure wtf they were thinking, since that’s now how the real world works. Like Tesla would ever be like “Oh here you go, here’s a partially finished car from our assembly line. Go ahead and do what you want with it and resell it.”
Many manufacturers sell chassises to other companies to make heavy modifications, such as Coach builders