I would love low tech versions of a lot of stuff. For a car, my guess is it's impossible to comply with modern emissions and safety regulations without ICs, no

I would love low tech versions of a lot of stuff. For a car, my guess is it's impossible to comply with modern emissions and safety regulations without ICs, not to mention the redesigning and retooling that would be required. I would suspect that these regulations have also basically evolved symbiotically with the industry to be a most for them, and they would have no interest in pushing to allow less complex cars. For TVs and for cars, there are big revenue streams associated with things chips do, like serving ads and tracking what you do with your car, and well as making it impossible to maintain without a dealer. Companies would be very reluctant to shut this down. None of this helps consumers, but I think that's where we are. Time to look at getting an old motorcycle maybe