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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by Gravityloss on Saturday October 02, 2021 @05:22PM (#28732204)
Yeah, there's some problems with the approach. But I guess if you had an old one, you could install some open source software, or replace the whole computer. I assume it would cost a few hundred bucks at most. It's peanuts compared to engine, or in electric car, battery work.

The main board on an iphone is taking a really small part of the whole nowadays. https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/JtBACGbyZcYSdBfL.hug... Besides maybe some machine vision things, the computing in a car seems to have very low performance requirements.

Sensors, actuators and controllers etc are another thing then, but they're different.

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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by nicbou on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:12AM (#28735176)
My point is that you won't be able to replace the whole computer if you're disconnected from the supply chain. A few hundred bucks is more than those cars are worth by the time they are exported to those countries.
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