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Ferrari and BMW are rolling out new models featuring lightweight, cost-effective aluminium wiring, accelerating a shift away from copper, the dominant material in electric wiring since the invention of the electric ​battery two centuries ago.

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[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not really. It's much more chemically reactive and less springy than copper, and more prone to fatigue. I've heard the newer alloys address this problem at least partially, but it was banned from most residential wiring applications for good reasons after a lot of houses burned down.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

And houses are known for their "movement". What could possibly go wrong.