I’m not really familiar with this industry, but as far as I know, there are quite a few pi-named alternatives from China. Banana Pi, Orange Pi, Lichee Pi, and there are probably more. Unless there’s something only Raspberry Pi can offer, this looks suicide to me.

Make a dumb EV and you immediately get a lot of clients.

An EV doesn’t need internet access, doesn’t need mics and cameras inside, doesn’t need a touchpad or a big screen.