Even though modern ICE cars may have computers, a “software defined vehicle” sounds as soul-less as prefering tofu to baby back ribs, as antiseptic as a Casio digital watch to an Omega Seamaster.
I agree with Random, I do not want touchscreen and menus upon sub-menus - I prefer just a few knobs and switches. My Hemi Ram has 3 knobs for the a/c & heat, 2 knobs for the radio (with a few touchscreen buttons to find favorite SiriusXM stations. Done.
To each their own; unfortunately the EPA’s new regulations are killing such famed engines as the Supercharged Hellcat V-8 to appease the green lobby. That said, my bucketlist has me purchasing the car I had in college / flightschool, Darth Vader’s ride itself, a 1987 Buick Regal Grand National. (of course, it will have T-Tops)
We will see if it works - and if it leaves us as dependent on China for the refined metals and battery chemistry as we were on the Middle East for oil. What could possibly go wrong…There are plenty of other battery chemistries waiting to be exploited. With more money to be made from batteries, more investment pursue them.
This is a cool one, for the grid instead of cars. Iron and Oxygen, of which there is plenty of.
Super-cheap gigawatt-scale rust battery greenlit for Minnesota
Gates- and Bezos-backed startup Form Energy is one of the most exciting companies in the grid-level renewable energy storage space, with a multi-day iron-air battery system just 10% the cost of lithium. A 10-MW/1-GWh demo system has now been approved.newatlas.com
Aluminum and sea water make a high density power source too.
There is too much money to be made here, for the problem to go unsolved.
