Mark, I was not advancing an opinion, I was simply sharing the facts on Mobius II. I am well aware of the fact that we have been building bodies in Kenya. Mobius however is the only vehicle that has the whole structure built locally.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11:17, Mon, 27 Oct 2014 Mark Kipyegon via skunkworks &lt;<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>The point being? GM and many others have been assembling vehicles on locally built bodies for ages. It makes perfect sense to go down that route.<br><br>I genuinely would like to understand more about the local expertise and technology implemented in this new product.</div></div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br></div><div>--Mark.</div></div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br>On 27 Oct 2014, at 10:57, &quot;Dennis Kioko via skunkworks&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">Mark, <br>
Tesla was founded on a lot of Mercedes parts, Mercedes electric cars are using Tesla drive trains, Porsche and Audi SUVs are typically the same car, Subaru, Toyota and Nissan Diesel typically make parts for each other. </p>
<p dir="ltr">It&#39;s stand</p>
<p dir="ltr">On Sunday, 26 October 2014, David Njuguna via skunkworks &lt;<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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<blockquote><p dir="ltr">The vehicle is a 2WD, the engine is from Renault and the body is made in KVM.</p>
<p dir="ltr">David</p>
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<div style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The vehicle is a 2WD, the engine is from Renault and the body is made in KVM.<br><br>David</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Mark Kipyegon via skunkworks <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div><div>It would be fair to learn more about Mobius before making a balanced judgement. How much of the design and technology is really Kenyan? </div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>From what I can gather the running gear is sourced from third party manufacturers on a locally assembled chassis. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>I am underwhelmed by the final product but perhaps the management team that has been cited below can make it successful.</span></div><div><br></div><div>For what its worth competing in the same market segment as rural Kenya&#39;s workhorse - Toyota Probox - is no easy task. </div><div><div><div><br>On 26 Oct 2014, at 14:20, &quot;Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via skunkworks&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Now we have a Kenyan Motorcycle called <a href="http://www.mobiusmotors.com/" target="_blank">Mobius</a>, 4WD in the market. Personally the only reason I would think this company is going places is it also has a strong <a href="http://www.mobiusmotors.com/company/management.html" target="_blank">managerial</a> and <a href="http://www.mobiusmotors.com/company/advisors.html" target="_blank">advisory</a> team.<br><br>I would love to hear out what others think about this move. But I think its about time, if <a href="http://brck.com/" target="_blank">BRCK</a> (which is also Kenyan Developed Hardware) is not something that can bring in more confidence then I don&#39;t know what will basically.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Ahmed Maawy<br>Executive Director - M-Power (CBO)<br>Shaper - Global Shapers<br>Ambassador - Open Knowledge<br>CTO - D8A, Appfrica Labs <br>(KE) +254 714 960 627<br>Skype: ultimateprogramer<br><br><a href="http://m-power.or.ke/" target="_blank">m-power.or.ke</a><br><a href="http://globalshapers.org/" target="_blank">www.globalshapers.org</a><br><a href="http://okfn.org/" target="_blank">www.okfn.org</a><br><a href="http://www.d8a.com" target="_blank">www.d8a.com</a><br><a href="http://www.appfrica.com" target="_blank">www.appfrica.com</a><br><a href="http://www.apps4africa.org" target="_blank">www.apps4africa.org</a></div>
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