It worked for Johnny Cash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=060A15ELz00
:) On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 02:38 paul dove via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting idea! The other issue with this approach is cost. Buying piece > parts one at a time will cost much more than buying a production car. > > > Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Sunday, August 1, 2021, 8:44 AM, Collin Kidder via EV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > That does lead to another potential idea, though. What if an open > source design specifically called for OEM parts that *ARE* easily > available and cheap? This isn't so far-fetched or weird. Tesla uses > Mercedes steering systems and a Ford accelerator pedal. They probably > use other parts from existing cars that I'm just not aware of. What if > an open design used parts from other cars and the real open source > magic was the layout that integrates it all together? I have no idea > if a frame could reasonably be constructed custom. But, existing OEM > frames and/or rolling chassis do exist. Control systems for OEM > components also already exist. The OpenInverter project has a lot of > custom boards to control things from Tesla, Nissan, etc. > > The big problem here is probably one of scalability. You can put the > plans together and tell people to buy a Bosch iBooster for their > breaks and a Mercedes steering rack, ford accelerator pedal, Nissan > Leaf drivetrain with an OpenInverter control board, etc, but can 100 > people actually get those parts? 1000 people? These things exist but > can they be found in sufficient quantities to make it worthwhile to > do? > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 4:56 PM Lawrence Rhodes via EV > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Nice sentiment boss man but in mass production a power window is cheaper > to engineer and produce than a crank up window unless you use the old > fashion railway windows you lift up and down by muscle gravity...you might > not know what I'm talking about these are so old. So the idea of > simplifying in the way you think is again going back to the notion of > carrying a horse with you in case you run out of gas. The cost of our > gadgets is trivial in mass production. Might as well go with it. I can > replace my electric power mirrors for $20. When it malfunctions or breaks > off I replace it. Three 10mm nuts. EVerything on cars is like that now. All > neatly in a row with a part number and made in the millions. Available on > eBay.com. The only thing I wish for is no proprietary parts. When you want > a turn signal just one assembly. Bumper one assembly...etc..air > conditioning unit...one choice...would be a lot cheaper and easier. > Lawrence Rhodes > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210803/7ef109bf/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210803/408e0125/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
