Tech evolution

[JSeis]

The transportation revolution appeared at the dawn of 20th century. Only fitting that it continues to evolve. While this article is interesting in the impact to vehicle maintenance. Going from horse drawn to ICE powered vehicles (an extremely brief period of BEVs too) continues to evolve. My family had horses and I learned maintenance on I-6’s, V-8’s, flat 4’s. When Hall effect sensors appeared we convert all our B&S ignitions and never again had point failure (a real PITA when the ignition is.. behind the flywheel).

Other than the windshield recall/re-glue and a rock breaking it a month later, in 35,000 miles that’s two dealer check ups and enough OTA’s, I lost count of them.

Our twin turbo Flex is beginning to appear as anachronistic as an old woody wagon. While I suspect the Flex can take the Mach-E (AWD Select) in a heads up 1/4 mile.. The MME has saved us net $7,000 in fuel costs over 17 months. Battery life would have to decline more than 25% before I couldn’t use it for my daily commute. It’s possible it’ll easily last a decade and still be the local errand vehicle with lower maintenance costs.. possibly. I’d be more worried about software evolution. But with say a few hundred thousand MMEs on the road, chances are parts & upgrade evolution will continue.

https://www.slashgear.com/1128738/are-new-cars-too-high-tech-auto-repair-shops-say-yes/

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[Gullwingdmc]

Are New Cars Too High Tech? Auto Repair Shops Say Yes

Well then they better keep up or they will be obsolete.

There’s no denying that there needs to be more training to fix modern cars, but there also needs to be a willingness to learn. When a dealership only has one or two techs that know how to updates or service EVs that is like saying only one or two know how to change a tire.

 

[MachEMaster]

The transportation revolution appeared at the dawn of 20th century. Only fitting that it continues to evolve. While this article is interesting in the impact to vehicle maintenance. Going from horse drawn to ICE powered vehicles (an extremely brief period of BEVs too) continues to evolve. My family had horses and I learned maintenance on I-6’s, V-8’s, flat 4’s. When Hall effect sensors appeared we convert all our B&S ignitions and never again had point failure (a real PITA when the ignition is.. behind the flywheel).

Other than the windshield recall/re-glue and a rock breaking it a month later, in 35,000 miles that’s two dealer check ups and enough OTA’s, I lost count of them.

Our twin turbo Flex is beginning to appear as anachronistic as an old woody wagon. While I suspect the Flex can take the Mach-E (AWD Select) in a heads up 1/4 mile.. The MME has saved us net $7,000 in fuel costs over 17 months. Battery life would have to decline more than 25% before I couldn’t use it for my daily commute. It’s possible it’ll easily last a decade and still be the local errand vehicle with lower maintenance costs.. possibly. I’d be more worried about software evolution. But with say a few hundred thousand MMEs on the road, chances are parts & upgrade evolution will continue.

https://www.slashgear.com/1128738/are-new-cars-too-high-tech-auto-repair-shops-say-yes/

That sounds like a fast Flex!

 

[JSeis]

That sounds like a fast Flex!

The 365 hp twin turbo 3.6 V6s really get their move on. AWD but freaky torque steer.

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