Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car
Horsey@lemmy.world 1 week agoI will strongly disagree with “over engineered”. Why a car company with all their money and bailouts that they can’t compete with Apple/Android on touchscreen features and responsiveness is the whole reason why Chinese cars will kill American car companies.
wosat@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Okay, I’ll concede that point to you. U.S. carmakers suck at software. And, even on the hardware, they’re resistant to change and slow to innovate.
Horsey@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Software is the answer to many of the mechanical issues too though. Granted, the physical engineering is definitely over engineered, but would they really need to have 6 different taillight frames when LEDs can be multicolor and just tuned with software for each market? I also see zero reason why manufacturers can’t start from a base and tweak for different market configurations; you see car companies complain about complex regulation, but in the say and age when east Asia can make you anything, that’s not an excuse I’m willing to be fed.