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Tesla's competitor (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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[-] mister_monster@monero.town 81 points 10 months ago

I would drive the shit out of that car

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 41 points 10 months ago

The good news is: It's free

The bad news is: You have to compile it yourself

[-] marche_ck@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Some assembly required

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 months ago

Those fights with the better half over building an IKEA bookshelf will seem like child play after that.

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[-] cliffmode3000@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

Those headlights look so easy to replace.

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 58 points 10 months ago

I just want a simple car. One without extraneous functions.

My old boss bought a brand new car that was in the shop for two of it's first four weeks. The issue? The capacitive touch sensor that operated the motorised glove box door was activating automatically because it was being confused by dust.

My shitty 15 year old VW's plastic glove box door has a metal latch and had never experienced this bug.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

There certainly are places where technology and electronics can improve a car, but replacing one of the most basic, reliable mechanical functions such as a latch is arguably stupid. It's just adding numerous more failure points. It's form over function.

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Radio/media and climate controls should not be on a f*ing touch screen either.

[-] ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

How tf are you meant to change the climate settings on a touch screen when not looking at it? Is this where the "touch" in "touch screen" comes in?

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Yep, there are many legitimate use-cases for electronics in cars, but THIS is definitely not one of them!

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[-] lycanrising@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago

“i upgraded the engine and one of the wheels stopped working”

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Why are you using wheels anyway? Caterpillar tracks are a more modern solution and superior in every way.

[-] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I wonder what's the fastest you could go on tracks? Apparently a record was set in 1979 (121.9 km/h, 75 mph) and never broken since as far as i can tell, or at least Guiness doesn't seem to know anything about it.

Fellas, we need a tank, a couple V8 engines, and a case of beer

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 10 points 10 months ago

Your cardan.shaft is out of date, the interface for the wheels changed.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago

For those who, like me, wanted to know more about the real photo from which this was shopped: it's a 19-year-old Chinese student called Zhu Zhenlin driving his homemade solar car in 2012.

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[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 41 points 10 months ago

I don't know man. Looks like something I'd buy.

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[-] Prager_U@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

There actually exists an open source community for reverse-engineering EV motors, inverters, battery charging modules, BMS, and everything else necessary to build a DIY car from scrapyard components: https://openinverter.org/wiki/Main_Page

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[-] mihnt@kbin.social 29 points 10 months ago

I just want that front plate.

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[-] Albatross2724@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

is there a theme to make it look like a tesla though?

[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 11 points 10 months ago

Ricing has come full circle.

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[-] tabular@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

You joke but I don't want modern cars because of the proprietary software.

[-] Voyajer@kbin.social 24 points 10 months ago

I'd drive the shit out of that around town

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[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 19 points 10 months ago

Great car, the only one I'd consider driving! But would make my own fork with rearview mirrors first.

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[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

well it certainly won't cost eighty fucking thousand dollars

[-] halvar@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

Please post source code, i want one

[-] uis@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

I think Stallman would rather do GNU/Ebike and GNU/PublicTransit

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[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 10 months ago

Freedom comes with a price.

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

"+libre"

Rip lol

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

Still probably runs better than the stupid ass car I'm stuck with right now lol.

[-] walkercricket@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago

Honestly, if it's cheap enough, I'd definitely buy it

[-] peyotecosmico@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago

This made me chuckle, thank you, I need it today.

[-] gpw@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago

Who's the wizard in the driver's seat

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

Some say that's the image of God

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[-] skunk@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

Stallman

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[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago

I'd download this!

[-] usrtrv@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago

Looks like a car from CDDA.

[-] vocornflakes@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

"Not car. Actually, it's GNU/Car." What precedes this is the sound of thousands of glasses being adjusted.

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Torvalds Motors

[-] h0r57@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago

I overclocked it and got an extra 4 FPS! Woot!

[-] sorrowl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago

ngl, would rather drive that than a Tesla

[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Lol is that Stallman in there?

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[-] nicoweio@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I wish I could improve my car for free

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