JohnDB
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How a cheap component could help kill off combustion cars
The humble wire harness, a cheap component that bundles cables together, has become an unlikely scourge of the auto industry. Supplies of the auto part were choked by the war in Ukraine, which is home to a significant chunk of the world's production, with wire harnesses made there fitted in...
Basically the wiring harnesses for new IC vehicles is the issue. Ukraine used to make most of them. Every IC car has around 3 miles of wiring harnesses inside of them.
And because Ukraine is busy at the moment nobody can get any wiring harnesses. However since EVs use a different system....they are available....kinda.
EVs are only less than 6% of all vehicles sold...but their supply chain is better in this area.
