Le successeur du Leclerc sera le CAPINT, un char doté d’une tourelle ASCALON et d’un châssis allemand

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.opex360.com/2026/06/15/le-successeur-du-leclerc-sera-le-capint-un-char-dote-dune-tourelle-ascalon-et-dun-chassis-allemand/

I don't care that the Chinese government heavily subsidizes their #EV market, at every level, because we should be doing *exactly* the same—no, significantly *more*—here in the #US, the #UK, and across #Europe.

External design is much less relevant (though it's what most people criticize about China's vehicles) than #batteries, #chassis's, #drivetrains, and #charging #infrastructure, most areas where %China is ahead, exponentially, at every level of the market.

#link: https://youtu.be/HOTOwSh3geI

A curse upon product designers who use "one-way" clips in the casings of their products. Sure, it's a cheap way to manufacture and assemble the unit, but it makes repair people miserable.

Of course, they don't *want* people repairing the product. "Throw it away and buy a new one!"

I have just decided that this is called "YOLO engineering", and it is bad, and anyone that does it should feel bad.

#YOLO #engineering #YOLOengineering #clip #clips #fastener #chassis #product #design #ProductDesign #DesignForManufacturring #DesignForLandfill #landfill

Building up the PC testbench slowly.

Got a new ATX PSU for one of my PCs, which freed up the old one to be used here.

#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis

Now that there's a retro motherboard on the way to test, it made sense to finally get around to assembling my open frame testbench, that I bought in...*checks notes*...January...

#PC #PCBuilding #OpenFrame #ATX #Chassis