Thanks for the ideas! Honestly, there have been a few people who have been interested in '‘KITS’
This way we could ‘modify’'the level of ‘īnvolvement’'they want to make an electric skateboard…
For example, there are people who have some mechanical skills, but lack electronics skills:
- We offer, ready made esc / battery package.
Then, there are people who lack mechanical skills or cannot access tools:
- We offer ready made truck + mount combination and other parts already installed.
These are the 2 most viable categories im seeing now but there might be a bit more of them.
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Maybe, if we ‘differentiate’’ the product assembly this way, then it might be possible to drive the cost down or dont sell ‘time’ which the end user might do himself.
Some ‘works’’ repair just 2-3h, but when multiplied by 5x (for 5x boards, for example), it comes down to 10-15h of man hours.
I hope everyone gets my idea onto how this might follow also.
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@michichopf Well, if it does not happen this way im pretty sure some more people will group up in real life and just launch a kickstarted… lets hope they have enough knowledge and willingness to offer a good quality, reliable board but still decently cheap (affordable)!
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I couldnt really start anything since im a bit far from the ‘centers’ of active eskating.
For europe, this might be a wider region - Uk, France, Germany or maybe Netherlands.
While For Usa, it is probably West and East coast.
Not sure about Asia, as they have plenty of products themselves and not a lot of users of our forum at least, are from there.
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What else to add… in the end I think it will come to finances and the interested parties…
Heck, if I had money for 2 prototype boards I would probably build them straight away…
The only problem with me is im more inclined in mountainboards 
but wouldnt mind getting involved in a small commuter build anyways and if we develop a ‘box-kit’’ then it wouldnt even matter as much how small or long is the deck.
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To be honest, I heard IKEA in a similar way cut the costs down by making the end user assemble his furniture with given instructions…
Im pretty sure a lot of other companies do that now but for example I think it works quite okay (IKEA way).