wow, interesting statistics, 58 M62 engines losing the alternator... i am sure it is not just the X5, it also has to be Range Rovers too...

Generally I agree, cold is electricity's friend, hence the near absolute zero superconductors... However, I would agree with JCL, that once an item is designed to operate in 200 degrees environment, which is stable 200 degrees in the summer or in the winter, it is easier for the engineers to make it work... The Superheterodine principle for the radio receivers - instead of trying to make thing work across entire allocated radio spectrum, just focus on one, single frequency... It is all in the engineering... This opens up a can of worms, if the engineering design was good - but that is different story...

besides, wood floats, iron sinks... but, we still make boats out of iron (and yes, some of them do sink... well... a lot of them... but we still make them)