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He has a bachelor in Mechanical Engineering and a PHD in Automotive Mechanical Engineering. He's no dummy.
Engineers figure out how to make a thing as cheap as possible. Unless they are told to consider repairability, they won't.
That why a 2025 or later Ford F150 has a plastic oil pan.
Just crazy.
I'm sure he appreciates you standing up for him.
You would think with a PhD he would have had his company look at how other cars have been built for over 100 years and learn from that.
How many electric cars have been built over the last 100 years?
The Rivian design has to reduce weight for the massive battery packs only Americans need or they get anxiety from having to do math.
I'm just saying someone that educated doesn't typically speak like that. I think (like, an opinion) the story misquoted him.
Someone can be educated and still be a blithering moron.
intelligence does not equal wisdom.