boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoJob losses likely at VW as the people’s car brand becomes uncompetitivearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down19cross-posted to: europe@lemmit.onlineeurope@feddit.de
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 months agoThat’s the same kind of idiocy that killed Anton Yelchin.
minus-squareburan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·7 months agoThat vehicle had a recall out to replace the badly-designed shifter. It was ignored. The fix would have been free.
minus-squareUltraMagnus0001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoChevy Cobalt https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/transport-canada-aware-of-deadly-gm-defect-8-months-before-recall-1.2807674
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoThat doesn’t excuse the fact that the design was clearly idiotic in the extreme from its inception.
That’s the same kind of idiocy that killed Anton Yelchin.
That vehicle had a recall out to replace the badly-designed shifter. It was ignored.
The fix would have been free.
Chevy Cobalt
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/transport-canada-aware-of-deadly-gm-defect-8-months-before-recall-1.2807674
That doesn’t excuse the fact that the design was clearly idiotic in the extreme from its inception.