Ferrari and BMW are rolling out new models featuring lightweight, cost-effective aluminium wiring, accelerating a shift away from copper, the dominant material in electric wiring since the invention of the electric ​battery two centuries ago.

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    Planned Obselecense, baby. More opportunities to sell replacement parts.

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      Nah, that’s gonna set the whole car on fire, and then it’s all over once the batteries catch.

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        that’s gonna set the whole car on fire

        Let me know when you start seeing Ferraris burst into flames. Because that’ll be an entertaining display.

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          The Teslas and Chinese cheapos are gonna be the first to go.

          Anyway, here’s a picture of a Ferrari on fire

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            The Teslas and Chinese cheapos

            Wasn’t there just a big scandal at Ford over relying on AI to manufacture vehicles and ending up with a bunch of defects?

            Anyway, here’s a picture of a Ferrari on fire

            ❤️ 😁 💕

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              We already know that established American cars are crap, I didn’t think that needed to be said.

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                We already know that established American cars are crap

                There was a period, in the 70s/80s, when they were absolute crap. And then Japan started building non-crap cars, so Americans actually had to compete. For a brief, beautiful decade in between '98 and '08, you could get a Ford Focus for under $20k and it would drive 150k miles doing 50+mpg and almost never break.

                Then Toyota started cheaping out and Ford got extra slack, and it was a race to the bottom again.