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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Reminds me of bicycles. If you are building a "touring" bike -- something you want to use for multi-day rides while carrying shit -- you always go steel. "Steel is real." You're much more likely to bend something that you can literally hammer or bend it back into "good enough to keep going" working order, whereas if you have aluminum or, god forbid, carbon fiber, you crack your frame and your ride is over.