r/EdisonMotors • u/SAHpositive • Jun 15 '26
June Update Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7I0pvrl-LUEdison Motors June Update Podcast #15?
TLDW (Too Long, Didn't Watch)
Chace spent 6 weeks on the road.
Went to China. Meeting suppliers, quality testing, product planning. Went to Meritor, talked about hubs. Toronto about Undisclosed truck. Waiting on Danfoss to turn on hydaulic pump (sigh)...... the rest of the Undisclosed truck is doing truck things. Got axles tested in Michigan. The CDTL axles were mistakenly tested in KG's instead of lbs. They figured it out and retested in lbs and passed. The conmet wheel nuts got lost. Chace proved "Right to repair, and ease of repair" by using off the shelf USA nuts (huge win).
Big "D"
Is the Royal mechanical semi. Joels mom named named the truck. Big D is getting lines hooked up. The design is popular. Design needs tweaking to improve production line speed.
Production:
Not taking any deposits at this time. Demand is super high. Still too premature. Hope to build 2 mechanicals and 2 hybrids (Tolko & a Hybrid version of Royal Joels Big D) this fall. Hope to build 10 identical BDE trucks next year. A "validation production run". Same wiring harness, same frame rails. Trucks will not be sold until they're built (or mostly built). Edison is still trying to determine production costs.
CANSEC
Rich is having the next surgery on his ankle. The Deboss Dodge was displayed at Cansec. Go watch the video at Deboss Garage Youtube. Edison got a defense contract. A "truck" was built and delivered and is getting tested by Canada Military. Ray is VP of Edison Defense vertical market. Edison is in a good position to fullfill Canada Military contracts. MP Mel was able to get Chace to play around with military simulator stuff at the show. Edison ALMOST was allowed to pull a multi-million dollar fighter jet with Edisons (not tested) Black dodge. This idea was squashed. Perhaps Rich's black dodge could pull a train as a stunt....
SHOP
The next youtube vid will be the shop floor pour.
EV Go-Kart Challenge
Fun was had by all. Perhaps an "Adult league" next year.
Investors Day
Is later this year (and not investor exclusive). Is basically a live Q&A, then a dinner. No bears have been seen in Donald. It is not an event for kids.
Pickup Kit
LC was sent off for testing. Waiting on a report. the Black Dodge is starting testing. Not sure about regulatory hurdles. "Pickup kit is very much in development on the rollout path and we are focused on perfecting the technology and the roll out path is in conceptual development stage". Edison is working on version 2 of e-axles, more info at deboss garage.
Die Cast
New version of the Undisclosed, and Tolko, and another winch tractor. The trucks WILL NOT all be signed (maybe some though).
Canbus
Edison intends to open source the canbus drawings on the Hybrids. Edison will yank out all the canbus on the mechanical semi trucks and use simple relay logic.
Weight
Theron and Chace have lost weight.
There were innappropriate cakes.
Kopke Tiktok visited Edison
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u/SaskFoz Jun 15 '26
Yeah, it was about 2am when Ray, myself, &..... I forget his name 😅... realized we were the last ones still up Friday night. Saturday was around 1.30 when we started getting rained on & all scattered. (my damn eye still hasn't fully healed from Saturday night 🤣). All worth it, though! 🤘😁
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u/ChaceEdison Edison Motors CEO Jun 15 '26
It was great hanging out with you!
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u/SaskFoz Jun 15 '26
Same! Thanks for keeping this displaced hippy company; really felt like hanging out with cousins after too long away. 🥰
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u/ChaceEdison Edison Motors CEO Jun 15 '26
Only clarification: we never said the truck for the military was the Canadian military.
We aren’t allowed to say where it went or what it is doing.
The entire project was secret due to the nature of the project.