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It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I wonder if in another ~30 years we'll get another wave of nostalgia and make the Delorean v3?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I wonder if it will be possible to have antique cars from this period on. With all of the software in them they'd have to release the source code or decompile it to keep them on the road.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I have an "old" electric car. (2018 Leaf) I've noticed some of the issues you allude to.

    There is a Nissan app that doesn't work for the car anymore, because the car has a 3G cellular radio in it, and there just aren't many, if any, remaining 2g/3g towers. It does have android auto, which so far I don't care for, but that's probably a skill issue. The car has navigation, but the maps are out of date and Nissan isn't offering updates anymore. It has Sirius XM, and I think I could just turn on the subscription and it would work. Lastly, the "rapid charge" port on the car is a CHAdeMo port, and there are fewer of those than NACS or CCS.

    Outside of those things, the car works like any other EV. All menus and screens operate and all the accessories work.

    Whether or not something will last as a "classic car" depends on the same thing as it always has: the number of weirdos interested in that car. There aren't huge groups of people trying to keep Chevy Chevettes or AMC Concords alive, but there are huge online communities and even some cottage industries that have risen up around things like Jeeps, Suzuki Samurais, air-cooled Volkswagens, old BMW's, and yes, Nissan Leafs.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Sure. The shell and possibly drivetrain will be original, and the electronics will be replaced. Just like all those kits to make electric vw buses (though they will still run just gine on gasoline. l

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure we could make a profitable, well-built DeLorean, even if a real automaker tried. Testla didn't do anyone any favors, but there are reasons they Deloreans failed to take the market by storm. Outside being unique/famous, they weren't easy to deal with on any front

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Yeah, that's my point. The Cybertruck seems heavily inspired by the nostalgia of the Delorean and people forgetting the problems. It's easy to think that they were considered cool by watching Back to the Future, but they were considered junkers, and that's even how it's meant to be viewed by Doc using it.

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