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Ferrari and BMW join Tesla, China in switch from copper to cheaper aluminium (www.reuters.com)
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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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[–] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It expands and contracts and oxidizes far more readily than copper. I don't trust corner-cutters to engineer around these potential hazards. We're gonna see these Teslas light up like fireworks in a few years.

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