Little known history. The Tesla drive train was purchased from a company
founded by Allen Cocconi called AC Propulsion. Allen was the engineer that
designed the EV1 drive train for GM.
On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 11:33:29 AM CST, Tom Mandera via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
Why do we start with an ICE roller and convert it to EV? Why don't we
start by machining some wheels on the lathe, some square tubing for
frame rails, start hand laying fiberglass for a body..
It's almost always easier (faster/cheaper) to start with even a flawed
initial implementation than to build something from total scratch.
Especially if part of your aura is about saving the planet.
At least, that's why I would've bought an existing car company and
leveraged it into something bigger/better rather than starting from zero.
On 12/19/2022 9:44 AM, Lawrence Winiarski via EV wrote:
> Why did Musk buy Tesla rather than create a car company on his own from
> scratch?
>
> On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 08:26:25 AM PST, Michael Ross via EV
><ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
>
> "Musk isn't a real engineer, and without engineers, Tesla dies."
>
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