Vent: I just read that some new EVs have over 10,000 feet of wiring harness in them, which is double what a typical gas car had a decade ago.

Found that stat in a technical bulletin from a parts supplier, and honestly, how are we supposed to efficiently trace faults in that kind of spaghetti mess without specialized training?

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jana_baker1mo ago

Doesn't this just mirror how everything is getting more complex and harder to fix?

mia_campbell1mo ago

Yeah, that's a good point. It feels like we're building things in layers now, where each new layer depends on the last one working perfectly. So when something breaks, you have to dig through all those layers to even find the problem. It's not just a simple loose wire anymore, it's a software update that messed with a driver that relies on a specific chip. Makes you wonder if this complexity is actually making things more fragile in the long run.

rayc899d ago

Totally get what you mean about digging through layers. My buddy's new car had a weird battery drain, and the shop had to trace it through like three separate control modules. Took them a week just to find the bad sensor!

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