[baydreamer]

Foxconn finds EVs are harder to build than iPhones - Autoblog

Over the past decade, Foxconn has built Apple iPhones. So far, though, trucks, tractors and cars are turning out to be a tougher slog than gadgets.

www.autoblog.com

This article isn't about the PEAR, but it certainly relates. I always knew that this was a possibility.

In January, Lordstown asked Foxconn to suspend production because the cost of making the trucks exceeded the targeted sale price of $65,000. A few weeks later it became clear that the Endurance suffered from, well, a lack of endurance. At least one owner reported that the truck had lost power while driving in cold weather, prompting the company in February to issue a recall. Then on March 6, Lordstown said that if it can’t team up with an experienced automaker, it would be forced to discontinue the pickup, its only model.

 

[slipnslider]

Yeah magna building cars is a great idea. A phone maker building cars is a terrible idea. Even if they can pull it off, they'll have quality issues for years. I'd want a PEAR, if it wasn't built by a phone maker, and it wasn't called the PEAR.

 

[Zaphod]

This doesn’t make me thrilled…. Fisker needs them to figure this out, or they need a new partner for the Pear!

 

[baydreamer]

This thread has been closed on the PEAR Facebook page. The moderator's take is that the PEAR is a mobility device that will question everything that we know about automotive vehicles. Maybe that's true to a point, but it'll still have wheels, a steering wheel, suspension, etc. In other words more complex than assembling phones. Of course I hope that all goes well, but I won't be putting a deposit on one until they're on the road and we can read reviews.

Fisker PEAR Enthusiasts | Facebook

Fisker PEAR Enthusiasts.

www.facebook.com

 

[Frank Blissett]

My impression of the PEAR design is that Fisker Inc intends on a car that has a lot of extras stripped away & uses cheaper materials, but makes up for that with a quality build. I can see it going either way with Foxconn. Less complexity (relative to other cars) would make their job easier, while the need to consistently build the cars to a high level of quality would be harder without all the institutional knowledge.

 

[slipnslider]

This thread has been closed on the PEAR Facebook page. The moderator's take is that the PEAR is a mobility device that will question everything that we know about automotive vehicles. Maybe that's true to a point, but it'll still have wheels, a steering wheel, suspension, etc. In other words more complex than assembling phones. Of course I hope that all goes well, but I won't be putting a deposit on one until they're on the road and we can read reviews.

Fisker PEAR Enthusiasts | Facebook

Fisker PEAR Enthusiasts.

www.facebook.com

I hate cult shit like that where you're not allowed to express doubt in the cult leader.

 

[baydreamer]

I hate cult shit like that where you're not allowed to express doubt in the cult leader.

It seems like he's taking fanboyism a bit far.

 

[littlebittyrose63]

I hate cult shit like that where you're not allowed to express doubt in the cult leader.

Who Musk?