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How Owners of EVs from Bankrupt Fisker Saved Their Cars With an Open Source Nonprofit (electrek.co)
Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/05/16/2318249/how-owners-of-evs-from-bankrupt-fisker-saved-their-cars-with-an-open-source-nonprofit

How Owners of EVs from Bankrupt Fisker Saved Their Cars With an Open Source Nonprofit - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek: When Fisker Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024, it left roughly 11,000 Ocean SUV owners holding the keys to vehicles that cost them anywhere from $40,000 to $70,000 — and that were rapidly losing the software brains that made...

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Adam Shostack

1d ago

@slashdot "Consumer advocates are now pushing for structural changes: mandatory software escrow funds that would keep vehicle software running even if the manufacturer disappears, open-source mandates in bankruptcy proceedings, and shared repair data requirements... "

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Heliograph 1d ago

@slashdot I saw one only few days ago #Fisker #ev

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QCCEクリス 1d ago

@slashdot If a standard mechanic can't fix the car with regular diagnostic equipment (i.e., those where the mechanic doesn't have to pay the company a licence to use), then the car's worthless. If I buy it, I should own it and I should be able to take it to my local who has no trouble diagnosing and fixing it. I shouldn't need the internet to drive it.