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I don't think it's possible. At least not road-legal in Europe. There must be hundreds of chips in a modern car: Engine, ABS, wireless key, cruise control, rad

• silon42 5y ago
  you could drop: wireless key, cruise control, gps easily possibly climate control (not needed for short rides, a fan will do), maybe even radio (can always add later) and electric windows I'd buy that car if it was cheaper... I'd need AWD though, trailer hitch...
  • jhgb 5y ago
    I'm not even sure you need to drop all of these. Lots of functionality could be centralized. The Apollo Lunar Module did everything with just one embedded computer. We've probably just traded more chips for shorter wires in many such cases.
    • calvinmorrison 5y ago
      Well cars talk over an internal network called canbus. Every endpoint (power seats example) can communicate. Upside is a lot from design to diagnoses. Downside is you don't go find a rotted wire and splice it anymore
  • bzzzt 5y ago
    Isn’t GPS neccessary for the automatic emergency call when the car is in an accident?