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Exactly and much more!... Posted by Caarma [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Welcome to reality, Ari ![]() |
People from simpler high tech industries saying this kind of stuff shows how little people really know about the auto industry
Cars are highly complex integrated systems that move people around in very diverse and harsh environments. This is not consumer electronics where you're moving electrons around in a non-moving room temperature environment, and people don't care if the product stops working because they'll just buy another one!!! Cars have to...
- look cool
- be trendy
- be useable
- not freeze up like a PC
- be comfortable
- be safe under so many circumstances
- meet emissions requirements
- be efficient
- keep you warm or cool
- start in temps from -40 F to 130 F
- take vibrations, pot holes, abuse
- be able to drive through snow and water
- endure a lack of maintenance
- entertain you with sound/video
- sometimes navigate you
- hook up to your phone or iPod
- have to last 10-15 years
- have to not have any problems for at least 3 years
- be easy to maintain
- be somewhat easy to service
- be partially recyclable
- allow for lots of choices of options
- be customizeable
- be manufactured efficiently
And the list goes on and on.
Tooling takes years to develop. The complete integration, development, testing, redesign, safety testing, and manufacturing process takes a long long time to figure out. Add to that the fact that people sue car companies like a hobby, and you have a cautious, very expensive, low margin industry.
And this is exactly why our government needs to support our U.S. auto industry. All the knowledge and equipment from this industry can be applied to so many other industries.
Atul
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