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New German research shows EVs break down at less than half the rate of combustion engine cars. (www.adac.de)

submitted 6 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Anyone remember the story about light bulbs? How they'd last almost forever, but it was secretly decided that this is bad, as customers would never need to buy a new one, so they intentionally made them worse.

WTF are you smoking? I think I've replaced 1 led bulb since switching to them 10 years ago.

[-] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

As far as I know he's talking about the old filament bulbs. And it's actually a myth or at least a bad example of planned obsolescence. It is possible to make a light bulb that lasts virtually forever, but they would be expensive. It was a compromise between lifetime and production costs.

And where do you get those led bulbs? Mine break all the time...