Featured What Drives Us Podcast - #226 The Farm And The Furious - What Drives Us

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Danny, Apr 13, 2017.

  1. Danny

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    Thanks to Lee Moon for the title this week. Russell Autonomy is not the right goal Mark US surpasses 1% share of market in EVs for first time! Paul Hybrid cop car Russell Elio Tony EVs are the future We touch on the Farmers hacking their tractors as an indicator of what we discussed many […]

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    The "Right to Repair" is discussed since John Deere appears to be the cutting edge of this nonsense. It also applies to Prius and EV owners as this can effectively lead to a monopoly on vehicle repair.

    I am sympathetic to the problem of hacks that violate emissions controls. But locking out owner self-maintenance or even 3d party maintenance is not the right answer.

    The EPA and others have already showing it is possible to do remote, in-the-field, emissions testing . . . especially along side the highway. That is the way to go.

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