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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM (arstechnica.com)
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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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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year 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