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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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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

We already know that established American cars are crap, I didn't think that needed to be said.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    We already know that established American cars are crap

    There was a period, in the 70s/80s, when they were absolute crap. And then Japan started building non-crap cars, so Americans actually had to compete. For a brief, beautiful decade in between '98 and '08, you could get a Ford Focus for under $20k and it would drive 150k miles doing 50+mpg and almost never break.

    Then Toyota started cheaping out and Ford got extra slack, and it was a race to the bottom again.

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