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this. Think of the absurd amount of wasted investment that's stupidly gone into internal combustion engine research over the last century.
by vbuwivbiu 8y ago
this. Think of the absurd amount of wasted investment that's stupidly gone into internal combustion engine research over the last century.
- refurb 8y agoWhat? Cars today are way more fuel efficient and have way fewer emission than they did even 10 years ago, let alone 50 years ago. I'd say that investment turned out to be very valuable.
- djaychela 8y agoThat is true, but they are also immensely complex - I wouldn't say it was 'wasted' effort (as the above poster did), but modern ICE engines are ludicrously complex electro-mechanical devices. If this much effort is expended on improving battery technology (as I think it will be), then the future is very bright for EVs because they are already much better than ICE in many ways - simplicity and reliability as well as emissions. I think it will be much like in F1 - remember when the limitation on gearbox and engine replacements in a season were introduced and many commentators said it would lead to there being no cars on the grid at the end of the season? What actually happened was the engineers created hitherto undreamt of levels of reliability. I'm sure the same will happen for EV batteries once they are the only game in town and ICE is no longer any kind of option.
- mavhc 8y agoDid they create that F1 rule to see if better engines could be developed?
- vbuwivbiu 8y agoThat's like arguing that cigarettes are a bit less harmful than they used to be. They're still a crap technology. Of all the possible ways to move a vehicle the ICE is the stupidest: essentially it's a device for burning oil as close to humans as possible while destroying the planet. Oh and by the way, those 'reduced' emissions were faked.