Honda cancels plan for cheap electric vehicles, ending collaboration with GM
arstechnica.com
The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.

  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I was going off of something I vaguely remembered. But now my question is why the actual fuck was the key start system setup so badly.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      My understanding is it doesn’t actually verify the chip on some models and the mechanism to start happens to be roughly the same size and shape as a USB plug. They took a risk and now they’re paying for it with a full recall