• L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    “Hey so the auto assist locked the wheel and the brakes, swerved into another lane, shifted to reverse and blew the transmission, then…”

    Hahahaha what a funny story consumer, anyways how’s your sex life?

  • picnic@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Woudnt it be a better idea just to offer standard EV kits to turn combustion engine cars into EVs?

    It’s unattainable for a low budget player to create and certify a car, and support it with parts for 20 years.

    Just create a kit to turn your 10 year old VW into an EV, and let VW support the parts outside of EV domain

  • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    2 months ago

    Just a reminder that “kit cars” exist. Their existence makes the idea of “open source” cars seem more reasonable to me in that one does not need to make a large company, it is possible (though likely not profitable or cheap) to be a small car company.

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      2 months ago

      do they make kit cars that are hybrids or electrics or have fancy safety features?

      because i was looking at a real fancy lotus for like six grand a few years ago, but it was just an ice manual. i’ve built those before, those are easy. i do not know all these fancy new cars with regenerative braking and shit.

      • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        You can retrofit electric drivetrains to basically any car but it’s not cheap and takes a decent amount of research and expertise in fabrication