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8 free years of Google maps.

That's such a weird concept compared to Android Auto with... indefinite gmaps? The used car market is about to be a nightmare.

SpaceX's Starship contracts with NASA are fixed price and milestone based. So, if they blow it up, that cost is on them. Just like Boeing has had to shell out a lot of money from continuing to fail on Starliner.

This is cool. I hope they make it.

I like camping and hiking 20+ weekends out of the year and end up on some nasty dirt roads, but I also commute to work and deal with city driving a lot. I've been thinking about 2 car solutions like a Bolt or R3 small EV plus a beater for the mountains, but if these actually make it to reality then it could do everything I want.

and achieved a navigation fix

I set low expectations when I saw the headline, but that means they saw at least 4 GNSS sats at once, which is pretty big step forward.

220 miles of range is plenty for a commuter car for a family with a 2nd car with more range. Not everything needs to be a 1 car solution.

The Toyota Compact Cruiser EV concept still lives rent free in my head

Kuzma helps a lot with that situation

Agreed broadly, but I want to nitpick the phone comparison. I had spare batteries for my smartphone for events like all-day conferences/conventions to swap batteries in the afternoon. I could see battery swapping making sense in urban areas for mopeds and ebikes or even delivery vehicles, but there aren't use cases for personal cars that make sense to me.

Why the fuck would they do that

There's a decent chance some salaried employees got stock grants. It's great if you're at Nvidia. If you're at Canoo, though...

But yeah, the failure is ultimately on leadership. And I'm sure the founders will make some kind of excuse and move on to get funded for their next failed venture.

100%. New vehicles have so many stupid knickknacks to pretend to be "luxury" that make them break easily and difficult+expensive to fix.

Yeah, I have a friend who won't drive with his young kids in the backseat of his Model Y because of the safety concerns of opening the doors if there's an electrical failure.