Use vehicle tech...

[fanaudical]

Personally, I think many autos contain some instances of complicated tech for nebulous benefit. This next one seems completely unjustified to me:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a34748524/digital-license-plates-coming-2021/

[A930Rocket]

Why?

[ckelly78z]

Yea, I can't see that ever being hacked...probably brought to you by the good folks at Dominion !

[sc_rufctr]

Just another piece of unnecessary tech that will eventually fail.

Which is one of the many reasons I continue to drive older cars I can fix myself.

[GH85Carrera]

Yea, I want to see how that will hold up in Chicago or Detroit weather. -30 to 100+ and salt all winter long. Trailers seem to dent up a lot of metal tags. Lots of pickups and SUVs with dented tags from people hooking up trailers.

[Por_sha911]

It has the same benefit of buying a car with a top speed that is 3 times the speed limit: something to talk/brag about at the next party.

[Cooper911SC]

I’ve actually seen a couple of digital plates on the road here in CA. Both on Teslas. Did a double take and thought “that can’t be legal!?”

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

It has the same benefit of buying a car with a top speed that is 3 times the speed limit: something to talk/brag about at the next party.

The speed limit around here is 75. Very few cars can hit 225. To hit 150 it hard for most vehicles. To have a car that run comfortably and economically 75 to 85 leaves lots of room for high top speeds.

Yea, I understand your point. No one really needs a car to go from 0 to 60 in under 3 seconds seconds yet many of the electric cars can do that easily, and it is fun.

Tech like a digital license plate is great for the government and the people that sell it, but a standard plate has worked for over 100 years of automotive history. Tech like the Tesla "fart mode" is equally tech just for no reason except it is fun. I am 100% sure I don't need a electronic fart sound generator in my cars, as I have an all natural one that is free.