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Re: Motors this season

You have to stop thinking about what FIRST will put into the kit based on their desires and start thinking about what companies will donate (or vastly reduce the cost) of their motor to FIRST.

I think every motor we have seen a history of will be included in the kit: Van Door Window, Seat, Globe, Fisher Price and Chips. The Bosch drill motors are a different story; we presume they will not be in the kit based on Bosch discounting them. However, I feel Bosch will step up to the plate as Fisher Price did. Fisher Price changed motors, but still continued to donate to the program.

Bosch is in a slightly different position than Fisher Price. From what I've heard on the board, they are discontinuing the use of 12V motors. In that case, they have either stockpiled 12V motors for us, or will provide us with higher voltage motors which we will just run at 12V.
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