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minus-squarezabadoh@ani.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months agoOpening up EVs to indie mechanics would be a godsend for competition and maintenance costs. I remember this story from 2018… https://www.vice.com/en/article/rich-rebuilds-tesla-repair-and-salvage/ …that’s about what we would call “Right To Repair” these days.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·4 months agoI can’t even get a complete ODB2 scan on a decade old car without paying hundreds of bucks for some janky software. I’m not touching a hybrid, let alone an EV without a solid life insurance policy.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoSo the issue has nothing to do with them being EVs…
minus-squareFlagstaff@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoWhat about a PHEV?
Opening up EVs to indie mechanics would be a godsend for competition and maintenance costs.
I remember this story from 2018… https://www.vice.com/en/article/rich-rebuilds-tesla-repair-and-salvage/
…that’s about what we would call “Right To Repair” these days.
I can’t even get a complete ODB2 scan on a decade old car without paying hundreds of bucks for some janky software.
I’m not touching a hybrid, let alone an EV without a solid life insurance policy.
So the issue has nothing to do with them being EVs…
What about a PHEV?