Seems somewhat reasonable. I don’t know why the company is supporting all 270 engine families.

This company wants to put a bunch of stuff on the road going 70mph that could crash into you and kill you and is complaining about a measly $27 million of regulatory cost.

They are making up a bunch of scary numbers about the cost of the status quo and the tone of the article is basically holding us all hostage. Speed out special snowflake startup company through the regulatory process (written in blood) or else you’ll lose bajillions of dollars in suffering and pain from the “status quo.”

$27 million is basically a rounding error for automotive companies. Maybe do better at raising funds next time, bro.

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some_random 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why wouldn't they try to support a large number of engines, the testing was about emissions not safety, and they're not a huge automotive company.

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dangus 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Emissions = safety.

I assume that out of 270 entire families that some are more popular than others? Why not pick the 20-30 most popular ones?

The tone of this article is that OP’s company has a savior complex. If they aren’t given expedient special treatment regulatory approval, the status quo is causing a bunch of fake make up dollar values of damage. It’s kind of a gross tone.

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ehnto an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Presumably they have so many families to serve their customers well. If they were to consolidate their engine families in such a way to avoid paying as much money to regulatory processes, that seems like a bit of a perverse incentive and outcome.

In my view though the goal of the regulation isn't bad, but the cost of the process is prohibitive. Why is it so expensive to measure engine emissions?

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some_random 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>As one example, one state agency has asked Revoy to do certified engine testing to prove that the Revoy doesn’t increase emissions of semi trucks.

Where in this sentence is asbestos mentioned? As for the families, if they know their product works in 270 engine families why would they chose to only sell to 20-30?

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amanaplanacanal 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Because they can't afford the required testing for all of them?

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cm2012 an hour ago | parent [-]

The testing that is clearly theater and a waste of money for all involved?

	▲	potato3732842 39 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's not wasting the money of the testing people who's job it is to get paid to do work. Like a civil engineer preparing an existing conditions plan of a flat field...

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cm2012 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Spoken like someone who has no idea how hard it is to actually get anything done in real life vs your armchair.