the good news is most of their good engineers had already gone to vw rivian and other companies in LA.

sad, but it shows the need for great leadership.

bad idea: moving to texas

bad idea: lack of focus. build ONE vehicle

investors have soured on EV capital, shortsighted pivot to AI, even though the industry will boom once we have another energy crisis and another boom in nuclear and renewables in 5-15 years.

somewhat related, the xpeng helicopter thing at CES was an exact rip off of the quirky canoo light bar design, so maybe the ethos of this car will live in a Chinese copy.