cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48712513

Smaller vehicles that do not need to meet the same safety requirements as existing cars could be Europe’s answer to maintaining its automotive industry.

  • elucubra@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Actually all cars from that era were. I drive a 26 year old car (in great shape, well maintained) precisely because of that. OTOH, they were also noisy, underperforming, unsafe, etc. Maybe a law making cars to be mostly modular, and with openly available disgnostics and open shop manuals, could make up for that. Sadly, in this era of subscription features, that’s unlikely.