Maybe lightning can buy them out, that way he can actually have a bike that runs, has hit the public market and people are, quote, not afraid to ride because it's too fast
Seriously though, when things DO start to go up for sale, Where does that happen, when, how etc. If we want to try to save this thing, or at least purchase the rights to the software and maybe the patent or something, mainly the software and a source for equipment, mainly the software and keys. where do we even begin to look for when the sale sign goes up?
IF we are going to do this, we need to be ready so when it does go up, we can hopefully get in there and get it before it gets killed.
Ducatti BMW etc may not be interested in any of it, because it's not 'theirs' the ego/snobbery thing BUT I could see them sure as shit snatch it up so they can kill it, never to show it's face again, so they don't have to worry about it being competition again in the future.
Maybe we should start a thread or something, a discord or something to get people together and see if we can get enough SERIOUS people together and come up with a plan so when it does come up, can we get it, who holds it, who handles the money, who owns it, bla bla. I can reah out to new england energica / AF1 racing and see if they have any plans or their thoughts on this. at least try to get some sort of ball rolling.
With luck, this is just the legal way of shedding Ideanomics and removing that cancerous wart from them, getting out from under the debt it racked up, and then coming back in fresh, and basically resuming where they left off, only with a clean slate this time and not trying to float in 20 mil of debt.
Id like to know where all this debt came from? They got their books full of orders, but no money to make the bikes. well shit, we could give them the money to put together say 50 bikes, sell them to these people, then turn right around pay the workers, buy the parts and flip another 55 and slowly get them back on their feet and self solvent again. Where did the money that WAS coming in from sales go to? did it go to the parent and never trickle down to the company to do this or what?
There will need to be some serious trimming of expenses possibly, or at least an honest adult or three in charge but the know how is there, the product is SOLID and PROVEN.
A full blown machine shop they have is expensive, the machinery alone can be 20 million dollars of assets. Maybe they sell off the machinery part, the lathes, the CNC,s stuff like that, that pays the debts, and then rent / lease machinery OR just sub out the jobs to other machine shops. The quality does not need to suffer, but it might save money in the short run since there is no 'designing' to be done, you already have the program, plug it in throw a billet in and let the machine do its thing. what im getting at is, they don't NEED to re invest in learning how to make this wheel again, or getting customers or learn how to ship, this that and all the other crap a NEW company would have to learn first time in. They already know this. This makes it very possible to get them back on their feet with experience already and a lot smaller of a budget. example CUT the r and d for a few years if need be, focus on making what you have, which is the ONLY real bike for the time being, focus on filling the orders for the experia, and for god sake focus on taking care of the customers you already have, because THOSE are the people who will keep you alive thru example and word of mouth to others.
I mean just the fact that they'd come out of a prett hard bankruptcy and then turn around and say one of our first priorities is taking care of out existing customers, would add a TON of street cred to them, and could potentially drive a lot of sales there way, especially with the proper marketing, which I can say for a FACT is something they NEVER EVER had in the USA. That had to hurt a TON right there!
Why can't they see that we are here for them we are willing and ready to help. But again, they have to clear this misfire in the breech before they can load up and take another shot, and that can be tricky.
More people need to be in prison for this shit, or better yet, give them cement boots. C'mon you are Itailian, go whack the fuckers who did this to you !!!
Aaron
