▲ 462 ▼ Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor (www.404media.co) submitted 5 months ago by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments "There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."
[–] compuglobalhypermeganet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago (5 children) Oh! Oh! Now do cars! permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (4 children) I wish. Instead, the EU releases continously new regulations which makes cars, especially small ones, prohibitively expensive, all in the name of safety. Cheap simple cars are a thing of the past, all new cars are stuffed with unnecessary but mandatory tech just so car manufacturers can make a higher profit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago perceived safety they're pushing LED headlights that are clearly dangerously blinding. like has nobody ever heard of a hill before jfc permalink fedilink source parent [–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago I really think there should be a middle zone between the quadricycle regulation (like the Citroen Ami, Renault Twizy, etc) and “normal” cars. Make a class for simple and cheap cars that are more capable than the quadricycles, but still have some conservative power and/or speed limits, size limits, and some safety standards. I’m imagining a class of vehicles that are like a modern take on the post-war economy cars like the Fiat 500, Citroen 2cv, VW beetle, etc. Something similar to the Japanese kei cars, but probably even more restrictive on power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I wonder if someone sat down and really looked at the legistation and the engineering, if we couldn't get away with cheaper solutions. Cars have something like a dozen purpose built computers now, can't we just replace all that bs with a standard piece of hardware? Lane tracking, eye tracking, it's like everything they do is bespoke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago That sounds a bit like the U.S. regulations requiring sealed-beam headlights, where manufacturers had to choose between a handful of allowed designs. That way, the govt was sure that all headlights were up to safety spec. It's a good idea, and could help prevent things like the VW emissions cheating scandal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (4 children) I wish. Instead, the EU releases continously new regulations which makes cars, especially small ones, prohibitively expensive, all in the name of safety. Cheap simple cars are a thing of the past, all new cars are stuffed with unnecessary but mandatory tech just so car manufacturers can make a higher profit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago perceived safety they're pushing LED headlights that are clearly dangerously blinding. like has nobody ever heard of a hill before jfc permalink fedilink source parent [–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago I really think there should be a middle zone between the quadricycle regulation (like the Citroen Ami, Renault Twizy, etc) and “normal” cars. Make a class for simple and cheap cars that are more capable than the quadricycles, but still have some conservative power and/or speed limits, size limits, and some safety standards. I’m imagining a class of vehicles that are like a modern take on the post-war economy cars like the Fiat 500, Citroen 2cv, VW beetle, etc. Something similar to the Japanese kei cars, but probably even more restrictive on power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I wonder if someone sat down and really looked at the legistation and the engineering, if we couldn't get away with cheaper solutions. Cars have something like a dozen purpose built computers now, can't we just replace all that bs with a standard piece of hardware? Lane tracking, eye tracking, it's like everything they do is bespoke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago That sounds a bit like the U.S. regulations requiring sealed-beam headlights, where manufacturers had to choose between a handful of allowed designs. That way, the govt was sure that all headlights were up to safety spec. It's a good idea, and could help prevent things like the VW emissions cheating scandal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago perceived safety they're pushing LED headlights that are clearly dangerously blinding. like has nobody ever heard of a hill before jfc permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago I really think there should be a middle zone between the quadricycle regulation (like the Citroen Ami, Renault Twizy, etc) and “normal” cars. Make a class for simple and cheap cars that are more capable than the quadricycles, but still have some conservative power and/or speed limits, size limits, and some safety standards. I’m imagining a class of vehicles that are like a modern take on the post-war economy cars like the Fiat 500, Citroen 2cv, VW beetle, etc. Something similar to the Japanese kei cars, but probably even more restrictive on power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I wonder if someone sat down and really looked at the legistation and the engineering, if we couldn't get away with cheaper solutions. Cars have something like a dozen purpose built computers now, can't we just replace all that bs with a standard piece of hardware? Lane tracking, eye tracking, it's like everything they do is bespoke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago That sounds a bit like the U.S. regulations requiring sealed-beam headlights, where manufacturers had to choose between a handful of allowed designs. That way, the govt was sure that all headlights were up to safety spec. It's a good idea, and could help prevent things like the VW emissions cheating scandal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago That sounds a bit like the U.S. regulations requiring sealed-beam headlights, where manufacturers had to choose between a handful of allowed designs. That way, the govt was sure that all headlights were up to safety spec. It's a good idea, and could help prevent things like the VW emissions cheating scandal. permalink fedilink source parent