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Re:Tesla envy grips Germany’s giants by CoryG89 on Monday September 05, 2016 @10:56AM (#12430634)
> You rarely upgrade a gasoline car - you mainly fix broken stuff. I never heard of anyone handing in their gasoline car and picking it up a few days later with faster acceleration and longer range, just like Tesla now offers with their new battery.

Ever seen "The Fast and the Furious"? I am pretty sure people upgrade their gasoline cars all the time. People already replace modular parts on their cars similar to computers. OEM upgrades that increase acceleration, etc may not be common, but aftermarket upgrades that increase acceleration or horsepower are extremely common.

I'd bet there are many more options for upgrading an old 90s model Toyota Supra or Mitsubishi Eclipse than there are for a brand new Tesla Model S.

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Re:Tesla envy grips Germany’s giants by Ericson2314 on Monday September 05, 2016 @12:38PM (#12431137)
Um PCs are module because there is a history of competition going back to IBM using off-then-shelf parts. Basically everything from technology companies since is more anti-modular and anti-competative.
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Re:Tesla envy grips Germany’s giants by AstralStorm on Monday September 05, 2016 @08:24PM (#12432962)
Excluding markets where serviceability is at a premium. Server hardware is often highly modular, but then the modules are quite proprietary. IBM is doing that themselves nowadays.
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