2 ms·
Disagree with maintenance: electric motors are enormously simpler than ICE, and really well understood. Removing high temperatures, fuel, lubrication and exhaus
by foxylad 7y ago
Disagree with maintenance: electric motors are enormously simpler than ICE, and really well understood. Removing high temperatures, fuel, lubrication and exhaust from the system is a huge advantage.
Agree on digital scrapheap, although this applies to a lesser extent to ICE vehicle too. We should be demanding open sourcing of car code after warranty expires.
- sjwright 7y agoThe electric drivetrain is simpler, but electric cars tend to require more parts in order to replace the heat and rotational power you get "for free" with a combustion engine. Electric cars need to have separate motors to drive the AC compressor instead of a simple belt. Electric cars need resistive and/or reverse cycle heating instead of using engine heat. Electric cars (if they care about battery longevity) need elaborate heating/cooling systems for the battery.
- londons_explore 7y ago> elaborate heating/cooling systems Nearly every car over 10 years old has failed AC. In most EV cars, the AC is critical to maintaining battery health. I could imagine a failed AC unit causing the battery to over/under heat, and the resulting damage causing the entire car be scrapped.