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[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 67 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Partially tariffs, but beyond that the article didn't really explain. Save your clicks.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

It's complicated.

As someone who got to see this from the inside:

  1. When constructing a car, one of the key components is the wiring harness that bundles together all the wiring for the vehicle.

Surprisingly most wiring harnesses used to come from Ukraine of all places. So when Russia invaded Ukraine, that completely disrupted the wiring harness supply.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ukraine-invasion-hurts-flow-wire-harnesses-carmakers-2022-03-02/

To work around that, manufacturers had to come up with either new, stable suppliers or invest in their own production lines.

  1. Covid. As mentioned in the article, but there were multiple impacts on that. For example, it made it incredibly difficult to do lease returns. If people leasing their cars can't return them, then they can't get into new vehicles. Similar, re-sellers of lease returns and fleet vehicles have no stock because nobody is returning their lease.

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/07/dealers-brace-for-the-next-pandemic-related-supply-issue-fewer-lease-returns/

  1. Tariffs. Also as noted in the article.
[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This is compounded by Manufacturers and legislative bodies forcing driver assistance systems on everyone.

Back when I was a lad, I could drive my manual-transmission vehicle while reading a paper street directory, texting on one phone, talking on another and eating a cheeseburger., Kids nowadays don’t know how to drive.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

I believe that the driver assistance systems encourage inattentive driving. Tesla rightly gets a lot of press for this, but when the car holds the lane and brakes for you 99.9% of the time, it sure seems safe to send that email, formatting and all.

But the problem is that one would require self-awareness to identify what degree of inattentiveness is OK (change the radio station) or not (review the PowerPoint Jane sent over). With our current technology situation, those systems probably are net positive for collision avoidance.

My kids get to learn to drive with all that shite disabled. Except the emergency stuff (auto braking), which seems like a good idea. Check your own blind spot, dummy.

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