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Red Hornet
Ah, that's all right then.....lets move on to the next big thing, the unproven maritime concept, another opportunity to develop another product that no one wants......Any orders from Mace / Keir / Acciona / Uncle Tom Cobley yet?
answers on a postcard please......

Maybe the company should change its description at Companies house to
Production of rolling testbeds.

"Could it be that AB needs all his best staff ready to be sent to Norway for the VARD contract ......and wherever the ABB contract maybe taking place ....perhaps AFC could not commit to 2023 with Extreme E.... Could be why we had no mid-season update as we did in 2021 .....will all be cleared up in the year end statement "
And the rose tinted specs award goes to........

Goatlegs
In big boy world, new products are delivered in exactly the way I have set out. If AFC chooses a different route, it’s because the product is not at this point marketable. All the wind and other about “exciting new concept, etc” is just apologist clap trap. You used the word “concept” in your response, and that’s precisely what they have, a concept (as opposed to a product) and they are effectively undertaking proof of concept, which is different from an actual product, which I fear may still be some time away (if a all, looking at the fate of all earlier iterations)….which is why the sales staff don’t reply to enquiries….

Well Bond has certainly being pretending that the company is on the cusp of commerciality for some time.

Ergo

Still an R&D company, so stop pretending otherwise......

Simple question.
When a car manufacturer develops a new car, they set the design parameters, they then invite a number of customers / potential customers / dealers into clinics, where the initial vision is displayed, and the technical elements and performance data fully explained; the attendees are the asked for their input, and any adjustments deemed valid and necessary are then incorporated into the final design. The vehicle then goes into prototype production, and thereafter is subject to a very considerable amount of IN HOUSE testing to the point where the product is then unveiled as a fully saleable product, which is ready to roll. After that, the customer has very little say in the underlying architecture, and the only flexibility is in respect of certain options. The same goes for most industrialised products.
Why should it be that AFC feels the need to do things a different way, and announce to the world that it is giving the product to a potential customer to test, when surely it should (if conventional wisdom is applied) be able to give them a brochure which says "here is our product, this is what it does, we have tested it to make sure that it does what is says on the tin, take it or leave it"

Hahahaha!
Anyone bothered to look at the accounts of the massive distillery that’s produced the new wonder drink? Have a look at the last published accounts, one employee, net current assets on NEGATIVE about £200k, and current liabilities of over £300k (not to mention extremely optimistic depreciation policy on plant…..
Is is not inconceivable that someone popped around there and said “here’s a cunning plan, you borrow one of our prototype fuel cell things, use it to generate some power (not too much though, as it can only power three kettles at the moment) and you can offer a virtue signalling product, and all of our mug shareholders will get a stiffy on because they’ll think it’s a proper deal.
Come on people, disengage the improbability drive and see the wood for the trees….

So what are we all getting excited about? AFC has spent shareholder funds having a small batch of gin knocked up by a micro distillery. Hardly going to set the world alight, is it?

Alt. My special skill seems to be being able to press your buttons.

It takes a real special kind of skill to develop a product that’s obsolete before it’s even hit the market. What comes after the superior S series? The terrific T series, then the ultimate U series, then the very good V series….

Seg
Kudos to you for setting up your new little venture. However, you may have missed a trick, I believe. It’s ok selling treats to all of the natural dogs out there, but what about the unnatural ones ? I’m sure their owners would like to buy their dogs treats as well…..

"By the way this was reported at the "happy place" yesterday. Once more, following the exodus of many of the former participants here, that site is a better source of information than this board"
But nobody saw fit to post it here then? Is that for fear of it being seen to be remotely negative? Oh, I forgot, any negativity is of course verboten.
"It reads more to me like they are using Kaisen to generate the hydrogen from methanol? I may be wrong, but unlike Daz, et al, I am not using inconclusive reports to try to gleefully spread misinformation about the company. Look forward to seeing the truth confirmed one way or another at some point"
But you have done precisely that. You have put an undeniably positive spin on an inconclusive report, in that you have inferred that there is no loss of the EXE contract.
Hello Mr Pot, meet Mr Kettle......

Daz
With all due respect, should it not be remembered that AB is only the front end / mouthpiece of a company employing many people who are supposed to be developing the commercial product that he is touting. If said back room boys have let him down, then he is between a rock and a hard place, does he….a, fess up that it’s all gone a bit south, and risk an implosion or b. Spin it up in order to keep the dream alive?
Analogy with Santa Claus and the tooth fairy, do they actually make the respective toys and coins? No, there is a support team behind them that actually delivers the goods, but they are both still regarded as good eggs nonetheless, even if sometimes there is disappointment under the tree, or under the pillow on occasion.
I’m just really hoping that Adam’s mum and dad play a blinder this year…..

Garonne
Think you’ve touched a nerve here, boy….the Ubers are all getting a bit aggressive….do you reckon the reality of the situation is dawning on them?

Don’t you post as wet puddle also, Pommygit?

Shorts should be banned outright. Simple reason, very few people have the knees to carry them off.

The reason there haven’t been any sales is because the power tower is a pants name….not exactly catchy, is it…..As the company has gene through a transformational period, maybe we should re brand the tower “The Optimus” You never know, it might one day be able to transform itself from a piece of R&D kit to a saleable product….

We have units out on trial. The trial period(s) will be coming to an end in the foreseeable future. is anyone expecting orders to flow from the proto customers who have the units on test, i.e that the units are market ready and in their final deliverable form, or is the expectation that there will be a further round of development once the data has been received and digested?

So whatever happened to the first mover advantage?