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Electric Cars Are Already Upending America | After years of promise, a massive shift is under way (www.theatlantic.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

How is this a transition, though?

I had a 1981 four-cylinder Ford Ranger that needed it's onboard computer replaced so the damn thing would stop shuddering while idling. The thing had a damn carburetor, this was prior to fuel injection. Still had a small "computer" inside of it.

Computers have been in vehicles and managing parts of vehicles for forty fucking years or more.

The real transition is deciding that the electronic sensors are cheaper than physical sensors, despite physical sensors (often) being more accurate and less prone to failure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They need to convince you it's different so you'll eat the $50/month subscription.