360 votes
Reinvent the Auto Industry As We Save It
The current bailout does not achieve the goals of 1) Jobs 2) Energy Independence or 3) Clean Energy
We should spin out the Chevy Volt into an open source electric car platform in exchange for the GM bailout. Any automaker will be able to build on the Volt Platform but all improvements are open source. The gov't will subsidize the cost of the initial units so that they are affordable. It's a given that any bailout should include increased fuel efficiency standards etc, but this will jump start the platform. Robert Lutz should lead this.
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vontrapp
How about we DON'T bail anyone out AND start an open source car?? If you're so big on an open source car why don't you design one, instead of yanking it out of the hands of someone else who has created one without intending it to be open source??
21 days ago
jkoteen
Yes, open source autotechnology. . . just like RMI's "hypercar" report a couple of decades back.
about 1 month ago