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The durability of electric car batteries is far better than expected. Even in the case of early models with extremely basic battery packs and no active cooling (e.g. Nissan Leaf), the packs almost always outlast the cars they're built into:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2022/08/01/electric-car-batteries-lasting-longer-than-predicted-delays-recycling-programs/?sh=bad42e453329

Maintenance of EVs in general is far simpler than on ICE cars. There's a much smaller number of components. Almost everything related to the drivetrain is practically maintenance-free.

I bought masks from a toy company (Playmobil) for my family, because there was literally nothing else available anywhere. They were marketed as alternatives to basic paper masks though, not N95 masks:

https://i.imgur.com/Sbq4oBq.jpeg

The innovation was that you could use tissue paper as filters and reuse the silicone mask after cleaning it. They were uncomfortable and stinky, but functional. We used these for about a month or two, long before any vaccines were available. I suspect that social distancing protected us far more than the masks, but either way, none of us got infected.

Stereoscopic camera systems exist and they can work very well (like on my ten year old car).

Seems like you're unlucky. Subaru's system is generally considered one of the best in the industry, routinely outperforming the competition.

Better pick an early electric car, because the days of ICE cars being allowed into cities are numbered.

Meanwhile my ten year old Smart produces just one or two false alerts per year. It's a simple camera-based system, yet it works incredibly well. The lane departure warning works equally well. Both are so effective that I never want to drive a car without these systems again.

I see. Thank you. Seems like the writers had their fun with this episode.

Am I too jaded or am I detecting some absolutely dripping sarcasm?

At least in the few episodes I've watched it feels like they are doing it at any point something is being discussed or vocabulary is being used that exceeds that of a fourth grader. The impression is that they aren't taking their audience seriously at all.

She was by far the most qualified presidential candidate in history. You've fallen victim to a smear campaign, but are blissfully unaware of it.

It was Russia that tipped the scale, including by convincing traditionally democratic voters in key states to vote third party or not at all.

I needed three days to get through this episode.