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Reinventing the wheel (or engine) seems a dumb move to me. Designing and building an engine manufacturing plant will add a huge amount of time and money to the start-up costs. If a major auto manufacturer is willing to sell them engines at a reasonable price I can't imagine how they wouldn't save money in the short run, and not going broke in the first year or two is definitely short run.
They wouldn't even need to go to an automotive engine manufacturer. There must be companies that make heavy equipment, tractor or other engines that would have the infrastructure and knowledge to build an engine to spec. And there are probably a number of smaller international firms -- Seat, Kia, Tata, etc that would be thrilled to get a hefty order.
Buying-in an existing motor that has already gone through all the EPA/EU certification process has got to save a huge amount of time and money.
cheers,
Michael
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