They 3D print a few components and assemble the drones on site.
All the other problems will exist.
A couple of drones can take this bit of plant out. Then you’re left wondering perhaps it would have been better to assemble the drones somewhere safer and ship them to where they’re needed.
And since this thing ships with all the parts, how do they imagine we’re fooled in to thinking it solves the obsolescence issue? Now you can assemble obsolete drones at the frontlines. What an improvement!
Am I right in understanding what you’re saying here is that you hope a countries own citizens will weaken it from within to the point it won’t be able to fight?
No I’m hoping that a countries own citizens will excel, flourish and prosper, and remove the motivation for fighting in the first place, i.e. make amazing things and share in abundance.
War is not always the answer. Most of the time, peace is the answer.
Its also true when Americans and their allies, the worlds #1 source of war and calamity, invade a country, destroy its infrastructure, murder or kidnaps its leadership, and leave its people tattered in ruins.
The only people who can do anything effective about it, are Americans. Lets hope they get the tools to do it some day and share them with the Russians.
Depends on the definition of "whatever" but car parks come to mind.
In Finland there are specific signposted pedestrian zones, where cars may enter but must not exceed 20kmh and must give priority to pedestrians (as must cyclists). They are typically the areas surrounding apartment building entranceways.
The internals of Barcelona super-blocks are mixed spaces, with cars expected to stay under 5km/h (i.e. ride the brakes and feather the clutch) at all times. Many old-city areas are primarily pedestrian with cars allowed as 2nd-class visitors. Agree that this is rare in the USA.
Thanks. Too late to edit. If anybody wants the actual link, Google can figure it out from my download path. :) The only PII in the link is also in my username. It also leaked that I'm probably a Linux user.
If you worry about such failure modes, you shouldn't drive a car at all.
And especially not one with an ICE.
The main batteries most often have a 8y/160,000km guarantee. (Some even more.)
There a enough affordable, used BEVs that are only a quarter through that milages and age.
ICE engines eat themselves in many more different kinds of weird ways: timing chains and belts, coolant leaks, any number of problems with valves and actuators. They're extraordinarily complex devices and it's a testament to engineering genius (and persistence) that we've made them this reliable. But they fail much more often than batteries or motors. They have many more moving parts. It's just the devil we know.
I've got two EVs. Basically zero problems. I've known one or two people who have had issues, but never with the drive train. Always something dumb like the "infotainment system" or (for a Tesla owning friend) stupid buzzing and vibration they couldn't make go away and stupid problems with door handles.
The Tesla weirdness is part of why I went with Nissans. They're 100% normal cars except for the electric drive train. All the other parts can be purchased at AutoZone and everything else can be worked on by a normal mechanic.
There's some mechanics in my area that have been learning how to do stuff with EVs like aftermarket battery upgrades on older models, but it's a bit expensive. Mine are 5 and 13 years old respectively and both batteries are fine. The 5yo one is the same as the day it was bought. The latter's lost some capacity but still very usable as a city car.
We picked up a used 2022 Leaf S+ a while back and it's been amazing.
Also just about the only shade tree mechanic EV. Even swapping a battery is doable by the typical car guy. Rebuilding one isn't much harder due to no cooling.
They 3D print a few components and assemble the drones on site.
All the other problems will exist.
A couple of drones can take this bit of plant out. Then you’re left wondering perhaps it would have been better to assemble the drones somewhere safer and ship them to where they’re needed.
And since this thing ships with all the parts, how do they imagine we’re fooled in to thinking it solves the obsolescence issue? Now you can assemble obsolete drones at the frontlines. What an improvement!
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