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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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

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