> >electric vehicles have far fewer moving parts than IC vehicles > Not true. What? It is absolutely true. Yeah, you still have suspension, steering, and br

> >electric vehicles have far fewer moving parts than IC vehicles > Not true. What? It is absolutely true. Yeah, you still have suspension, steering, and brakes. But the transmission is a single reduction gear. No clutch or torque converter. No shifting mechanism. No planetary gears, dog tooth gears, synchronizers, etc. Just a single pair of gears that are constantly meshed. And no engine means no pistons, crank shafts, valves, camshafts, timing belts, fuel pumps, oil/fuel filters, etc. And that doesn't even begin talking about ICEs with forced induction. The suggestion that EVs don't have fewer parts is insane. You've replaced a complicated transmission system to a single reduction gear. An entire engine and all of its complexities replaced with a far simpler electric motor. > I have a cordless chainsaw and weed whip. Both would be better with an IC engine. In a small application like that, yeah you might want ICE because a chainsaw requires a lot of power which would mean a heavy battery. For a weed whacker, I use a Ryobi which gets the job done because I have a small yard. It's pretty light, but I imagine it wouldn't be enough for anybody with a large perimeter. It's good enough for most houses though.