Very good point. I was watching one of Nico Rosberg's youtube videos where he visited the Rimac factory. They do quite a bit of battery pack and motors for companies like Ferrari, Audi and Lamborghini among others.Greg Locock wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 01:05The whole automotive world relies on a lot of work that is contracted out. At Lotus Engineering we were working on Volvo, Porsche and Audi product, while at the same time Lotus Cars was sending work to Aston Martin/Tickford or whatever they were called then (that went down like a ton of bricks). We also had a garage queen, a never released Ford that had a development issue that just about every shop under the sun had tried to work around (I don't know what it was, probably something to do with engine mounting strategy). We also built a lot of show cars for all sorts of people.
I think Rimac can be seen more as the next supplier like Bosch, Hella or Lucas. Cars are made with a lot of outsourced parts. The car industry has to undergo a bit of a revolution the coming years. Looking at a large volume car manufacturer, they do three big things in their plants: Assemble engines (with lots of outsourced parts), press steel and weld in into a car and assembly. Engines are going to be replaced by battery and electric motors, which will come mostly from other companies, bodies will go from steel to polymers and laminates (that's why INEOS is key for instance) and assembly is a keeper. Software will be the next step where car manufacturers will be able to make a difference. But, saying that... Such an old industry normally doesn't transform well into software.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑05 Feb 2021, 11:00Very good point. I was watching one of Nico Rosberg's youtube videos where he visited the Rimac factory. They do quite a bit of battery pack and motors for companies like Ferrari, Audi and Lamborghini among others.Greg Locock wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 01:05The whole automotive world relies on a lot of work that is contracted out. At Lotus Engineering we were working on Volvo, Porsche and Audi product, while at the same time Lotus Cars was sending work to Aston Martin/Tickford or whatever they were called then (that went down like a ton of bricks). We also had a garage queen, a never released Ford that had a development issue that just about every shop under the sun had tried to work around (I don't know what it was, probably something to do with engine mounting strategy). We also built a lot of show cars for all sorts of people.