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Not directly related, but what are the odds that if I buy an electric car this year, I will be able to upgrade the battery chemistry in 10 years? If I bought a
by idontwantthis 4y ago
Not directly related, but what are the odds that if I buy an electric car this year, I will be able to upgrade the battery chemistry in 10 years?
If I bought a car today, I'd like to drive it until I can't anymore. If electric batteries are x times better in 10 years than now, it would suck to only be able to replace it with today's lithium ion.
Imagine upgrading your car in 10 years to take it from 200 miles to 10000.
- ComputerGuru 4y agoThose odds are entirely contingent on the software/firmware being rooted and reverse engineered or else completely replaced by an open alternative (eg ECU swap). Car manufacturers would have no motive to develop let alone release retrofits for older cars.
- alwayslikethis 4y agoFurthermore they have an incentive to lobby for legislation to forbid aftermarket hardware/software, likely in the name of "public safety", but really just sales figures. Electric cars generally have fewer parts that wear over time, so car makers really have to up the planned obsolescence game if, after a major battery breakthrough that allows for more range/lifespan than you need, they still want to be selling the same amount of cars year over year. Can't wait for someone to come up with a full aftermarket car firmware that would let you run everything on it, circumvent restrictions, and disable telemetry.