News

Model 01 Day 743: PVT

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: PVT assembly is done; Mass Production should start next month. We have quite a bit of news to report this month. Probably the biggest and most...

Model 01 Day 743: PVT

Jesse Vincent

Hello from Oakland! TL;DR: PVT assembly is done; Mass Production should start next month. We have quite a bit of news to report this month. Probably the biggest and most...

May 2017 update

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Initial FCC/CE pretesting results; Component sourcing craziness; We’re guessing that we’re about two weeks out from starting PVT Hello from Oakland, When we last wrote, we were pretty sure...

May 2017 update

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Initial FCC/CE pretesting results; Component sourcing craziness; We’re guessing that we’re about two weeks out from starting PVT Hello from Oakland, When we last wrote, we were pretty sure...

March 2017 update part two: Plastics, Pollution...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Plastic parts are looking good; Wooden parts are looking good; Raw material costs in China are skyrocketing; Open source is amazing. Hello from Oakland! This is part two of...

March 2017 update part two: Plastics, Pollution...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: Plastic parts are looking good; Wooden parts are looking good; Raw material costs in China are skyrocketing; Open source is amazing. Hello from Oakland! This is part two of...

March 2017 update, part 1: Packaging, PVT Prep,...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: PVT is planned for early April; Somebody tried to steal our name; A preview of your unboxing experience; Expect part two of this update next week. Hello from Oakland!...

March 2017 update, part 1: Packaging, PVT Prep,...

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: PVT is planned for early April; Somebody tried to steal our name; A preview of your unboxing experience; Expect part two of this update next week. Hello from Oakland!...

Box of Crap, Take Two

Jesse Vincent

We know we’re behind on a real progress update. Jesse’s in Shenzhen right now working with the factory to try to resolve a bunch of the remaining issues blocking production....

Box of Crap, Take Two

Jesse Vincent

We know we’re behind on a real progress update. Jesse’s in Shenzhen right now working with the factory to try to resolve a bunch of the remaining issues blocking production....

Model 01 Day 590: Two steps forward, one step back

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: The PVT run didn’t happen before Chinese New Year; Our factory fired an underperforming supplier; We’ve approved the final versions of some parts. Hello from Oakland, We’ve made a...

Model 01 Day 590: Two steps forward, one step back

Jesse Vincent

TL;DR: The PVT run didn’t happen before Chinese New Year; Our factory fired an underperforming supplier; We’ve approved the final versions of some parts. Hello from Oakland, We’ve made a...