• ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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    4 months ago

    Will a new anything work if the manufacturer kills off the entirely unnecessarily forced network features?

    This is not an EV problem, this is an MBA grifting problem.

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      4 months ago

      Still, as from a mechanical engineer perspective I would trust slightly more a combustion motor system to work offline rather than an electrical, where I could never know how the motor really works and relays on.

      Personally I enjoy driving a 1987 bensine Ford.

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        4 months ago

        I also do have a degree in mech eng and electrics as well. Electrics are much, much simpler, the reason EVs have a reputation for being hard to service is that they are new and chock full of online bullshit, which is true of new ICE cars as well. If it was just the battery and the motors, it’s incredibly simple.

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          4 months ago

          They’re simpler in concept but then you slept 27 on a network and then the owner gets to find out that when one of the components dies you can’t just pull one out of something else and put it in because it’s not licensed correctly.

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        4 months ago

        What would be more complex an electric fan, or a fan with an internal combustion engine? It’s all the add ins that make cars complex. The motors are always simple.