After EV maker Fisker's collapse, ~4,000 car owners formed a nonprofit to keep their cars working by reverse-engineering software and building open-source tools (Fred Lambert/Electrek)

https://electrek.co/2026/05/16/fisker-ocean-open-source-ev-story-after-bankruptcy/
http://www.techmeme.com/260518/p11#a260518p11

Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes

After Fisker's bankruptcy left 11,000 Ocean EVs orphaned, a 4,000-member community reverse-engineered software, hacked CAN buses, and kept their cars alive.

Electrek