Robert Downey Jr. Is Helping To Restore Classic Cars With Electric Power

The company does all this with a proprietary system called “Blueprint.” According to Kindred’s website, its crew spends over 10,000 hours “prototyping, testing and designing” every model. All this includes building, stripping, and rebuilding a single vehicle numerous times to document every part of the build from every angle thoroughly, from sourcing parts and using the same tools to making the final touches. Ultimately, this creates a set of repeatable, scalable, step-by-step instructions (complete with how-to videos) that nearly anyone could follow, ensuring every single car is built precisely the same way, following the same blueprint. That doesn’t mean the vehicles will be made by the cast-offs from the Avengers though. Trained and skilled mechanics will put together parts of the car at stations in an assembly line manner with a Master mechanic overseeing each build (via Tech Crunch).

Design Lead John Aizarini added, “our design philosophy is to modernize vintage vehicles and make them safer, more efficient, and more powerful without losing the spirit of that vehicle.”

Kindred is currently offering three classic vehicles, each exemplifying a different car demographic: a Bronco (starting at $169,000), a VW Bus (starting at $199,000) and a Camaro (starting from $149,000). A Chevy 3100 truck is planned for a future release. For a $1,000 deposit, you can pre-order one with an assortment of menu options, but no cars are expected to go into production until sometime in 2024. Kindred’s offices may be in San Rafael, but it’s still getting its production facility on Mare Island up and running. Howard believes he will be able to get the first cars into customers by the end of ’24.