can just as easily be for EVs
But because of the design philosophy, it's often not, so people are getting locked out of their Rivians.
electronic gear selector is the standard now days and has been for a while.
OK you're right about that now, excluding manuals.
okay and why does it matter that things can carelessly be changed like that? The manufacturer would know what they're doing and be able to make patches that don't kill the engine.
The reason it matters is because EVs can be tuned and detuned essentially on a whim by the manufacturer with almost no mechanical complications, opening the door to dystopian levels of subscription control or even climate lockdown 10-minute city regulations that would apply uniformly to every vehicle owner in a given area.
and while knocking can be a problem with running too lean on a spark plug engine fuel flow is the core method of control for many compression engines.
Gas and spark plugs is by far the dominant sector
the only "suboptimal RPMs" would either be so low the car can't even run properly, or pointlessly high. and while knocking can be a problem with running too lean on a spark plug engine fuel flow is the core method of control for many compression engines.
You still never specified what level of control, there you were basically just talking about power limiting and even I as someone with little knowledge of car tuning can easily see a number of features that can be pieced out to sell as a subscription on an ICE vehicle. For example you could impose a limit on how far the throttle will open or change the shifting logic,
Setting limits on max throttle will create engine lugging problems due to the gearing (wrong RPMs), would make the turbo in a turbocharged car unresponsive or useless, and might wear on the transmission due to optimal shift points being missed.
can just as easily be for EVs
But because of the design philosophy, it's often not, so people are getting locked out of their Rivians.
electronic gear selector is the standard now days and has been for a while.
OK you're right about that now, excluding manuals.
okay and why does it matter that things can carelessly be changed like that? The manufacturer would know what they're doing and be able to make patches that don't kill the engine.
The reason it matters is because EVs can be tuned and detuned essentially on a whim by the manufacturer with almost no mechanical complications, opening the door to dystopian levels of subscription control or even climate lockdown 10-minute city regulations that would apply uniformly to every vehicle owner in a given area.
and while knocking can be a problem with running too lean on a spark plug engine fuel flow is the core method of control for many compression engines.
Gas and spark plugs is by far the dominant sector
You still never specified what level of control, there you were basically just talking about power limiting and even I as someone with little knowledge of car tuning can easily see a number of features that can be pieced out to sell as a subscription on an ICE vehicle. For example you could impose a limit on how far the throttle will open or change the shifting logic,
Setting limits on max throttle will create engine lugging problems due to the gearing, would make the turbo in a turbocharged car unresponsive or useless, and might wear on the transmission due to optimal shift points being missed.