44
Ferrari and BMW join Tesla, China in switch from copper to cheaper aluminium (www.reuters.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

If it's for general vehicle wiring it'll be mayhem.

If it's chunky busbars and such in the battery modules and drive motors... maybe not so much.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •