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In 2023 Fisker released the Ocean, an EV from owner and designer Henrik Fisker who previously created the beautiful Fisker Karma (2010) (source). IFAIK the Karma failed due to a CATL battery fire issues, and Fisker sold the IP to Wanxiang Group who created Karma Automotive and released the Karma Revero (source).

In the 2023 Fisker tried a second time with the Ocean. It was co-built with Magna-Steyr a highly successful Canadian-Austrian manufacturer and supplier. Magna-Steyr is part of Magna International and owned by Canadian Billionaire Frank Stronach. Magna International has manufactured countless automobiles, most recently (source):

• BMW 5 Series (2017–2023)
• Jaguar E-Pace (2017–2024)
• Jaguar I-Pace (2018–2024)
• BMW Z4 (2018–2026)
• Toyota GR Supra (2019–2026)
• Fisker Ocean (2022–2024)

None of these vehicles had the issues the Ocean had. The Ocean was plagued with software bugs that severely hampered its driving, leading to Fisker's second bankruptcy in 2024 only a year after release.

Does anyone have deep knowledge of what happened here?

What lead to the Ocean's demise where others like the Supra succeeded?

How much was Magna-Steyr involved in the other vehicles vs the Ocean?

I came across this company GNeutron:

https://gneuton.com/

With slogan: "Turning AI Data Centers Fresh Water Positive Now"

I don't understand how they plan on doing this.

They talk about taking gas turbine waste heat and using it for "thermal distillation" of waste water. They also claim that they can use "evaporative cooling while affordably closing the fresh water loop directly on site". Which seems counterintuitive to me since evaporative cooling is inherently open loop.

I am a mere Mech Eng so go easy on me 😂. Wanted to bring this to you Chem Eng experts to look at the website, and see if you can explain it to me better.

I can understand that purification using waste heat could be applied and that this would save on traditional cooling water purification. Are they condensing all cooling water so that they are truly closing the loop?

Questions:

1. How do the current cooling water & purification systems work after cooling towers?

2. How does GNeutron's new process differ?

3. Will this process be beneficial in the way they describe?

Edit:

These 2 links that better explain what is going on.

Link 1

Link 2

They are not purifying AI datacenter cooling water for recirc at all! Instead they want to co-locate a water purification plant with datacenters. They use gas turbine waste heat to purify a separate grey water stream with thermal distillation.

They claim that by purifying a grey water stream (say from a nearby industrial process) that would otherwise be wasted, the datacenter can produce as much fresh water as it consumes via evaporative cooling. Thus closing the coolant loop (in a sense) so the datacenter can be net zero water or even water positive.

One day the world will wake up and see Ethereum as fraud prevention instead of fraud. When I read this article about World Cup fans being sold $10,000 tickets that don't exist, I immediately realized this would never happen on Ethereum. Tickets could be NFTs locked into smart contracts. It's such a perfect fit. Hope it happens some day!

Eustáquio and Davies celebrate by smacking heads on their 3rd goal. A strict homophobe, the Emir of Qatar ordered Qatari players to stop playing the match soon after. Canada said they intend to use this strategy every time they face a Muslim country.

At the G7, Le Chaton Fat has been identified as a curly haired American stray hoping for a French home. Come home chaton, come home. Macron was heard whispering, "Le Chaton Fat belongs in Le Chateaux Gros."

From:

https://x.com/kangminlee/status/2065616934683455890

Plenty of online expletives around the Ferrari Luce. Yet it was a very deliberate and controversial attempt for Ferrari to fall in line with EU regulation. In March 2023 the EU passed a law mandating 100% emission reduction (effectively a ban on ICE vehicles) by 2035. In December 2025 this was walked back to a 90% reduction in emissions, while the remaining 10% would need to be compensated with green steel and use of sustainable e-fuels or bio fuels [ref]. Not sure how they would control what an owner put in their car after it leaves the showroom...but I digress.

In the past Italy has lobbied the EU to give boutique manufacturers like Ferrari, Lamborghini, exemption status from the law, arguing that the volume of vehicles is so low that CO2 emissions from these manufacturers is a drop in the bucket compared to overall industry emissions [ref].

The in February 2026 Lamborghini switched the Lanzador from full EV to plug-in hybrid after EV interest was nil [ref].

The Ferrari Luce and future EVs need to sell at a ratio of 9:1 to their entire ICE collection. This seems like an impossible hill to climb. The Luce was designed for the exact purpose to expand the Ferrari market. To find buyers in rich wives and tech bros. It may do the opposite. The more I think about it the more I realize the Luce is the hail Mary attempt in the face of an existential threat.

If the Luce fails does Ferrari cease to exist? Is exemption status is the only option for Ferrari? Or are we completely wrong and the Luce will be the savior? (they clearly named it in hopes of this).

Also would you prefer the hole to be facing the front or back? Or does it not matter to you?

Spotted in Omani waters.

>The Maritime Security Center OMAN_MSC urges all sea users—fishermen, ships, and boats—to exercise the utmost caution and vigilance while navigating, following the detection of a floating object suspected to be a sea mine west of the coastal traffic area in the Strait of Hormuz, within Omani territorial waters. The center also called for avoiding approaching any suspicious objects and immediately reporting them to the competent authorities to take the necessary measures.

https://x.com/MG_MOD_OMAN/status/2060711137621237820