I have worried about Arcimoto going under or even getting sold. If that happens, there are certain software things that may or may not be tied to required hardware that might cause problems if you needed to swap out the hardware (inverters, batteries, on-board-charger). This may not be the case with Arcimoto, but it is a worry nonetheless. An interesting article about Vanmoof e-bikes touches on the issue and a solution:
“Where this isn’t technically possible, perhaps there should be a legal requirement for essential software to be automatically open-sourced in the event of bankruptcy, so that there would be the option of techier owners banding together to host and maintain the server-side code?”
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