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Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? (www.carsandhorsepower.com)
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For over a century, the automobile has represented freedom, power, and the thrill of mechanical mastery. The connection between driver, machine, and road defined what it meant to own and love a car. But in today’s digital era, a different trend is unfolding. Cars are no longer just machines designed to take us from point A to point B. Increasingly, they resemble something else entirely: smartphones on wheels.

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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can convert an older car to electric. As basic as it gets but with a new mode of power

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    When I ask car people about that they say (basically) "no, it won't fit".

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Yes, there can be challenges about where to put the batteries, and some vehicles are certainly easier than others. But that hasn't stopped a LOT of people from doing it anyways.

    30 seconds of internet searching will show plenty of retrofits. One guy retrofitted a 1980s Delorean with a Chevy Bolt electric powertrain, and now it accelerates twice as fast as it ever did with gasoline.

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