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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    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.