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by clouddrover 1940 days ago

Do you want performance or durability? You may not be able to have both.

Tesla hasn't been using automotive grade parts in its cars:

Tesla says the main interface to the car was only supposed to function for 5 years. I don't think anyone buying those cars would have expected that:

Automotive grade parts do matter.

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I'd rather take performance, if the computer is replaceable.

The whole car is replaceable. Is that an efficient use of money? And, if EVs are to be green, is that ecologically friendly?

I don't have to replace the car if I can upgrade the computer. Any computer gets old in 5 years.

Well, you can't.