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New German research shows EVs break down at less than half the rate of combustion engine cars. (www.adac.de)
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[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Anyone remember the story about light bulbs? How they'd last almost forever, but it was secretly decided that this is bad, as customers would never need to buy a new one, so they intentionally made them worse.

WTF are you smoking? I think I've replaced 1 led bulb since switching to them 10 years ago.

[–] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

As far as I know he's talking about the old filament bulbs. And it's actually a myth or at least a bad example of planned obsolescence. It is possible to make a light bulb that lasts virtually forever, but they would be expensive. It was a compromise between lifetime and production costs.

And where do you get those led bulbs? Mine break all the time...

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

And where do you get those led bulbs? Mine break all the time...

LOL maybe they are talking about LED bulbs then and I just bought mine before they went to shit.

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

It's called planned obsolescence and is a well known aspect of modern product design, no conspiracies required.