Supporting modern cars

Electrek reports: Fisker went bankrupt and owners built open source car company from the ashes:

When Fisker Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2024, it left roughly 11,000 Ocean SUV owners holding the keys to vehicles that cost them anywhere from $40,000 to $70,000 — and that were rapidly losing the software brains that made them work. No more over-the-air updates. No more connected services. No more warranty. The manufacturer was dead.

Any modern car today is like a smartphone on wheel. EV and or even gas powered. And with this, beside the privacy nightmare, that mean when the manufacturers goes under, the car might turn into an expensive door stop. This doesn’t seem to stop Fisker’s owners.