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“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 sedan EV with 420 km range in direct attack on legacy makers (thedriven.io)

submitted 10 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm buying up vhs-c and hi8 camcorders and so many end user manuals have fucking schematics, parts lists, circuit diagrams, pcb layouts, timing charts, ...

I'm old enough to remember owning things but never really to the extent you could build a whole new one from scratch and I don't think those days are coming back, especially with the voltages involved in EVs

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Inverters and drivers are so tightly integrated, it's out of reach for hobbyist, you'd have to be a full on EE to build one.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, Sell this shit to random people and there will be dead bodies and lawsuits.

I love working on my car but a day will come very soon when I'll need to love working on my bike instead.

[–] shininghero@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

The high voltage stuff can stay out of my reach until I'm ready, but I at least want to be able to do a TPMS relearn and brake pad/rotor maintenance without needing to plug anything into the OBDII port.