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Ferrari and BMW join Tesla, China in switch from copper to cheaper aluminium (www.reuters.com)
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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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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If it's for general vehicle wiring it'll be mayhem.

If it's chunky busbars and such in the battery modules and drive motors... maybe not so much.

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

Yeah, would probably be fine for a bus bar. They certainly didn't go into enough detail in the article.