cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48712513
Smaller vehicles that do not need to meet the same safety requirements as existing cars could be Europe’s answer to maintaining its automotive industry.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48712513
Smaller vehicles that do not need to meet the same safety requirements as existing cars could be Europe’s answer to maintaining its automotive industry.
Actually all cars from that era were. I drive a 26 year old car (in great shape, well maintained) precisely because of that. OTOH, they were also noisy, underperforming, unsafe, etc. Maybe a law making cars to be mostly modular, and with openly available disgnostics and open shop manuals, could make up for that. Sadly, in this era of subscription features, that’s unlikely.
Yes, when it comes to serviceability, the automotive world peaked several decades ago. Enshittification of cars started in the mid 2000s.