[HN Gopher] High-tech cars are killing the auto repair shop
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High-tech cars are killing the auto repair shop
Author : liellesch
Score : 9 points
Date : 2022-10-20 22:13 UTC (48 minutes ago)
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| stjohnswarts wrote:
| Cars don't have to be as complicated and expensive as they are
| now, especially with electric cars becoming ubiquitous. You don't
| -need- tesla level electronics and extra grafted on garbage. You
| need a vehicle that will get you from A to B. I believe that some
| company will come along (probably Chinese or Indian) that will
| grok this idea and come up with something that we can fix and
| they can sell for a profit. Battery tech will only get better and
| cheaper. I think we can do this :) . The ICE age is coming to an
| end, but that doesn't mean DIY has to.
| rrwo wrote:
| This started to become a problem in the early 1990s. A friend of
| mine had trouble with his Honda that turned out to be a faulty
| but expensive microchip that needed replacing.
|
| Gone are the days when you could go to a local junk yard and pick
| up cheap replacement parts and install them yourself.
|
| Or are they? Maybe a new generation of auto mechanics will have
| the electronics expertise to repair newer vehicles.
| mustafabisic1 wrote:
| Sounds worrisome, but I'm betting on human ingenuity and
| adaptability. Most auto rapairers are great problem-solvers and
| I'm sure they'll handle it well.
|
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|
| Auto repairers won't likely ever be on them, but who knows, maybe
| one day we get remote working auto repairers lol
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