For supporters of a #hydrogen#transport economy, its all looking a bit like the Betamax/VHS choice in the 1980s (for this of you old enough to recall the river video system);
Here is the Hard Truth about #automotive software.
If it…
Looks like this; and
Has apps like this; and
Has pop-up notifications like this; and
Has widgets like this; and
Has distracting color palettes like this; and
Has small font sizes like this; and
Entertains people like this…
it is unsafe.
Full stop.
I could care less what consumers want. Consumers cannot appreciate systems safety. Regulators and systems safety experts should be making the calls.
Looks like doors are the hard part of building EVs. Investigation over "intermittent failure of the latch and handle preventing the opening of the driver, front passenger and/or rear doors. " and "emergency override mechanism also fails to open the door" at EV manufacturer Fisker. https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2023/FISKER/OCEAN#investigations
i have done a thing, lads: i've decided to make a shim to turn Forza Dash telemetry data into Volkswagen PQ35 #canbus traffic and so now, the the software gauge cluster I wrote some years ago is able to display rudimentary in-game driving data
conversely, i could also plug this into my MkV R32 and ruin its value on the market by running up the odometer without actually starting up the car. if i wanted to, y'know. but i don't. but i could.
Thermostat #shitjob complete. German car designers have been cursed to serve eternity in Avernus as a Lemure, my hand is sore and the dog learnt some new swearwords. Fresh pink soup filled in!
Engine comes back up to normal working temperature and nothing else got broken in the process.
Something to be said for not buying the biggest engine option in any given car model. Smaller engine = more space to work!
If you wanted a clear demonstration of how the#financialservice industry not only had different interests from other #business sectors, but also is indifferent to their practices & economic activities, the fact the #RishiSunak (ex-Goldman Sachs) is being criticised by firms (most loudly from the #automotive sector) on his UTurns (and partial UTurns) on #NetZero is a classic case... he's either clueless, or uncaring about the impact of continued regulatory instability on the 'real' economy!
The main reason the hydrogen hype is in overdrive: Big Oil n Gas wants to make money converting fossil gas into hydrogen.
"Before looking at why legacy #automotive companies, resource tycoons and the politicians that represent them, have been such huge advocates for hydrogen-powered vehicles, it’s important to firstly outline why #hydrogen cars are so fundamentally flawed and will never come close to competing with #battery electric vehicles."
Thing about the Mad Max movies is all the vehicles are analogue. Pretty much all modern vehicles are entirely reliant on electronics. The more time passes, the less likely a Mad Max future becomes. The vehicles might survive a nuclear apocalypse but the electronics wouldn't.
I am going to be really disappointed if everyone at this #Mackinac Policy Conference left without recognizing the need to aggressively diversify #Michigan’s economic base away from #automotive#manufacturing.
I like Governor #Whitmer’s leadership in #Michigan in general and I completely understand where this is coming from… but we need to get super aggressive in significantly reducing our dependency on #automotive#manufacturing.
Like, right now.
It is not coming back anywhere close to where it was at its peak.
And one less previous owner nonsense (red springs).
No exceptional difficulties, the bolts for the shock absorbers needed some convincing to come out, but nothing serious compared to salt-soaked marine diesel bolts.
No spring compressor required, with the shocks disconnected I gently let the rear axle down until the springs could be lifted out.