Acme · LoomStrategy Annual · Capability flow diagram
Plate IV
Q2 2026 edition
Plate IV · capability → thesis → target

Where capability mass terminates in acquisition.

Eight capabilities, six theses, ten targets. Strand thickness is conviction-weighted score. Read left-to-right to trace investment; read right-to-left to ask whose capabilities a target actually consumes.
Capabilities · 8
Theses · 6
Targets · 10
Capabilities Theses Targets Heavy-duty powertrainc1 · 0.92 Dealer channelc5 · 0.88 Fleet logisticsc3 · 0.84 Power electronicsc8 · 0.78 Battery cell IPc2 · 0.71 Telematics (AcmeOS)c4 · 0.66 Autonomy stackc7 · 0.55 Hydrogen R&Dc6 · 0.42 EV fleet chargingt1 · EV-CHG · 0.78 Telematics & datat5 · TELE-DATA · 0.81 Battery vertical integrationt2 · BATT-VI · 0.66 Retrofit EVt6 · RETRO-EV · 0.58 Autonomous logisticst3 · AUTO-LOG · 0.42 Hydrogen heavy-dutyt4 · H2-HD · 0.31 Voltaira NetworksA · $410M · t1, t5 Pulsewave TelematicsA · $760M · t5, t3 Mileway DataA · $430M · t5 Northwind ChargingB · $330M · t1 Switchback PowerB · $305M · t1, t6 Kestrel Cell Co.B · $1.1B · t2 Granite CathodeB · $370M · t2 ReCharge SystemsB · $210M · t6, t1 Drayton AutonomyC · $420M · t3 Helion HydrogenD · $265M · t4 Capability bleed: c1 → H2-HD without target backing
i.

The bright bands.

Three thick strands carry most of the loom: c5 dealer → t1 EV-CHG → Voltaira; c4 telematics → t5 TELE-DATA → Pulsewave; c2 cell IP → t2 BATT-VI → Kestrel. Together they account for 71% of conviction-weighted flow.

ii.

The dim flows.

Faint strands (autonomy, hydrogen) terminate in low-conviction targets — Drayton, Helion. Read as: capability invested without a clear acquisition outcome. The diagram makes the mismatch visible.

iii.

The bleed.

The amber strand from c1 to t4 highlights powertrain effort consumed by H2-HD without target backing — the structural argument for redirecting Stuttgart to RETRO-EV instead of incubating in place.

Strand · isolated

One flow, end-to-end.

Hover any strand on the loom and the rest dims. Read the path and the side panel narrates the economics, the capability supply, and where the strand sits relative to others.

c5 → EV-CHG → Voltaira

Capability
Commercial
dealer channel
Thesis
EV fleet
charging
Target
Voltaira
Networks

The thickest strand on the loom. Acme's Tier-1 commercial dealer channel — a relationship asset accumulated over 60 years — supplies 52% of the conviction weight on EV-CHG. EV-CHG terminates in Voltaira Networks at a $1.05B IOI; Voltaira's depot CPO and fast-charge stack become deployment infrastructure on the existing channel.

Read in reverse: acquiring Voltaira consumes 0.71 units of channel capability, 0.62 of fleet logistics, 0.58 of power electronics. The acquisition is, in capability terms, mostly a channel bet — the technology rows the diagram light up because they are reused, not because they are decisive.

Strand weight
0.71
Conviction
0.78
$ at risk
$1.05B
Annotate · committee mode

The diagram argues with you.

Pin a note onto any strand. Notes inherit the strand and become part of the running record — visible to the committee, retrievable when the question comes up again next quarter.
Committee mode · M. Cheng editing · 25 Apr 2026
PinAnnotateTracePrint
c1 powertrain c5 dealer c3 logistics c8 power electronics c4 telematics c6 hydrogen EV fleet chargingt1 · 0.78 Telematics & datat5 · 0.81 Battery VIt2 · 0.66 Retrofit EVt6 · 0.58 H2 heavy-dutyt4 · 0.31 Voltaira Pulsewave Mileway Northwind Kestrel Granite ReCharge Helion
Capability bleed: powertrain effort going to H2-HD with no target. Recommend redirect to RETRO-EV by Q3.M. Cheng · 25 Apr
If Voltaira IOI is rejected, this strand reroutes to Pulsewave. Tranche reusable; 0.81 conviction holds.L. Hartwell · 24 Apr
Granite Cathode is the unspoken lynchpin — without it, BATT-VI strand thins by 40%.R. Okafor · 22 Apr