Yes, Eventually something will go wrong. I still have a 1998 Dodge RAM pickup that my wife bought. She needed a pickup to carry an ATV, a kayak, increment borers, ladders and other things for her tree-ring analysis business. It now has 300,000 miles on it. Several times we have had to have it fixed, but that was much less expensive than purchasing a new pickup. Why get rid of something that still works?
Bobby Keeland Arnaudville, Louisiana On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 12:22 AM jamie via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > This might help: > > > https://electrek.co/2026/05/16/fisker-ocean-open-source-ev-story-after-bankruptcy/ > > Partial article quote: > "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 them work. No more over-the-air updates. No > more connected services. No more warranty. The manufacturer was dead. > > What happened next is one of the most remarkable stories in the history > of the electric vehicle industry. Instead of accepting that their cars > would become rolling paperweights, Fisker Ocean owners organized, > reverse-engineered their vehicles’ proprietary software, hacked into CAN > bus networks, built open-source tools on GitHub, and effectively stood > up a volunteer-run open-sourced car company from the ashes of Fisker." > > Cheers, > -Jamie > > > On 5/18/26 3:16 PM, Mark Laity-Snyder via EV wrote: > > Who would buy a Fisker Ocean right now? With Fisker in bankruptcy, is > it a bad idea to buy one of these car? I am looking for a cheaper used > car. I found one in Long Island NY for about $20 K. It looks like the > right car for me and my two big dogs. But am I insane to buy into a car > that I will need to service completely on my own? I am a Mechanical > engineer so I am not a total nube but I won't be able to get any parts and > that is obviously concerning. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20260518/7487733e/attachment.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > OT: If you use an Android device, please read > https://keepandroidopen.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > OT: If you use an Android device, please read https://keepandroidopen.org/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20260519/00708760/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ OT: If you use an Android device, please read https://keepandroidopen.org/
