Then, environmentally, it sounds like we are making giant pieces of junk for the landfills pretty soon. Big giant obsolete computers with wheels.
An electric car can actually be a lot SIMPLER and less computerized than a gas car; you don’t need as much real-time processing power to keep the engine running within a narrow range of parameters to meet emissions rules. You can do stability and traction control by controlling individual motors — the friction braking system could just be straight old-school ABS.
The problem isn’t that the cars are electric – the problem is that manufacturers are stuffing electric cars full of extra gadgets and geegaws that have ZERO to do with electrification or even safety.
Standard door handles work just fine – you could have an extra sprung plate to make them flush for aerodynamics. Instead, many makers are making the handles electric with a duplicate mechanical mechanism for safety. Just extra weight and more crap to break. Dog-lick engineering … “why does a dog lick their scrote? Because they can.”
You don’t need a screen running everything and three menus just to change the air blower direction — a temperature knob, fan knob, and air direction knob controlling the heat pump would work just fine. But, of course, that doesn’t look fancy-schmancy enough to attract techbro buyers.
