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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by dinom on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:25AM (#32589464)
Why not the tires? New cars come with tire pressure sensors and tire pressure plays a big role in fuel efficiency as well as safety. It's just a few more bits of info.

Anything that has a remote chance of making more profit than the competitor will be attempted. Even if it's morally questionable... moral != legal. Heck, VW even threw legality out the window with emissions shenanigans a few years ago.

I'm not arguing that it's wrong or right... it's just the entrepreneur's duty to try and the consumer's obligation to keep things in check.

Caveat emptor.

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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by withinboredom on Thursday August 25, 2022 @01:39AM (#32589934)
I think they were making a joke. You’re talking about the wheels. The tires are just the rubber part on the outside of the wheels.
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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by femto on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:29AM (#32592264)
https://rfid.michelin.com/what-is-rfid/

It's not a complete joke. Lots of tyres contain RFID chips for inventory control.

Michelin consider it's an asset that the "Tire tag can be read even when the tire is moving or rolling"

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Edit: Just realised that "Someone" posted the same comment 4 hours ago.

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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by dinom on Thursday August 25, 2022 @02:14AM (#32590200)
Could be. That said... the sensor is generally referred to as a "tire pressure" sensor, not a "wheel pressure" sensor. No sense in nit-picking though.

The point is they'd put a fart detector in the cabin (and send that data to the mother-ship too) if they thought it would be profitable.

:-)

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