Electric Cars Are Already Upending America
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After years of promise, a massive shift is under way.

Electric Cars Are Already Upending America | After years of promise, a massive shift is under way::After years of promise, a massive shift is under way.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    I think we just haven’t seen the EVs hit the point where they are plentiful enough to be viable as 2nd hand vehicles that need innovative repairs.

    It won’t be too long before we see current EVs stripped of their components and patched back together. Ford and others already offer their motors and control systems for purchase separately, so we know those components don’t require phone-home connectivity. It’s just a matter of piecing the parts together either homebrew or retrofitted to existing chassis that have been stripped and reassembled.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      It’ll take a lot of re-engineering to make a Tesla repairable…

      Some EVs are more repairable than others though, so hopefully there are enough so people who want to maintain them like term (i.e. me) can do so. If I can manually service everything except the battery pack without specialized tools or knowledge, I’m a happy camper.