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.

  • Dave.@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    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.

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      11 days ago

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