Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the “right to repair” law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.
Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the “right to repair” law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.
Possible? Yes. Practical? No. You can’t just cut the harnesses out and suddenly it’s a different engine, you’d have to replace what you deleted with something and that something might not exist yet because there’s no money in developing it.
Right. Pretty much everything is computer now. Even in the last 20-30 years, a lot of engine control has been done by computer. You’d have to go back pretty far to find one with no digital circuitry.
If you wanted to retrofit a modern car, like you said, you’d have to replace the entire compter system with a new one, or replace everything with linkages. Are any controls directly connected any more, or are cars 100% drive-by-wire?
They’re making them without dipsticks now so I really doubt you’d find even one cable. Even the emergency brakes aren’t done by linkage.