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It's interesting to see the EV market getting excited about modularization of EV's. I think it really is a new opportunity to implement more standardized, modul
by ehnto 7y ago
It's interesting to see the EV market getting excited about modularization of EV's. I think it really is a new opportunity to implement more standardized, modular and personalize vehicles.
I think the biggest reason people don't modify their cars anymore is simply that they aren't allowed to. Fewer people outright own their cars and their loan and insurance terms and conditions won't let them modify the car, as it would void the vehicle warranty.
For what it's worth, there's still a huge car modifying culture where I live, and no car I've owned stays stock for long. But you're right, as soon as it hits around about the late 90s year models, you don't see as many of them modified.
While OBDII was a great improvement for ECU diagnostic standards, there are still dozens of smaller proprietary microcontrollers within most new cars. The manufacturing and materials also play a role in making them more difficult to modify cleanly. It's just hard for the hobbyist to keep up with design and manufacturing processes.
- AnthonyMouse 7y ago> I think the biggest reason people don't modify their cars anymore is simply that they aren't allowed to. Fewer people outright own their cars and their loan and insurance terms and conditions won't let them modify the car, as it would void the vehicle warranty. I don't buy it. The average car in the US is almost 12 years old. The warranty is up and the loan is paid off. It also doesn't make sense for the warranty to be affected by things like software changes to the entertainment system which anybody could revert in five minutes if they were causing problems. They should practically want that to happen because it gets people to show up at the dealership with a non-problem you can fix in five minutes which gets them into the dealership where you can upsell them on something or show them all the new cars. The problem is everybody wants to be a gatekeeper and what they don't realize is that they're Samsung and not Apple. They're much better off to have more and better third party software for their cars by publishing standards and not locking everything down, so more people buy their cars, than to have a walled desert full of nothing because they're trying to control everything.