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-# Mutiny-OS-Truck
+# Mutiny-OS-Truck
+
+## What
+The goal of Mutiny is to design, manufacture and sell light duty electric vehicles that provide access to utility, mobility and fun for the least possible environmental and financial impact.
+
+## Why
+- Vehicles today are too large, too heavy, and too energy inefficient for the future we’re quickly facing.
+- Vehicles need to be able to do more with less in the near future.
+- Current vehicles are expensive to obtain and operate simply because of the mass they need to motivate.
+
+## The Mutiny OS Truck
+**Functional Objectives:**
+1. Kit less than $19,999 USD.
+2. Kit is end-user assemblable using basic hand tools plus engine crane.
+3. Manufacturable (Revision 1.0) at Andy's Factory without a major investment in tooling. (Major = >$10K USD).
+4. We ship a driveable kit by end of Q2 2026.
+5. Revision 1.0 will be an EV. Folowing revisions will consider hybrid/ICE variants.
+
+**Subjective Goals:**
+1. It's fun to drive
+2. All major components are available readily int he US market from parts stores or junkyards in viable quantities and cost.
+3. All primary parts are available on the Mutiny webstore.
+4. All control software used in the vehicle is open and hackable.
+5. Rushlessly cost-controlled. If it's not essential, it's not on here.
+
+**Reference Docs:**
+You can read some of the early concept documents and see some drawings [!here](https://github.com/Mutiny-Motors/Mutiny-OS-Truck/tree/main/Concept%20Documentation)
+
+**Some Potential Suppliers:**
+- BRAT Industries - [Nissan Leaf motor adapters](https://bratindustries.net/shop1/)
+- EVBMW - [Open inverter control boards](https://www.evbmw.com/index.php/evbmw-webshop)
+- Open Inverter Webshop - [More open inverter control boards](https://openinverter.org/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=57)
+- Resolve EV - [Gen 2/3 Leaf controllers](https://resolve-ev.com/products/resolve-controller-wiring-harness?Inverter+Connector=Gen+3&OBD2+Dongle=Dongle+%26+Connector)
+
+**Some Project Inspirations:**
+1. ["What if Milwaukee Tools made a small pickup?"](https://www.rebellerally.com/behind-the-brand-meet-amanda-kachar-director-of-industrial-design-at-milwaukee-tool/)
+2. ["The Katalis Spacebar"](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KlZRuQXrURbAuwp2FVurLfiU0BQ6a1FB?usp=drive_link)
+3. Cake bikes
+
+## How to Contribute
+Coming soon! Stay up to date with the project [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/dFsanDCpYP])