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> EVs are so much more boring than the highly evolved, intricate design of ICEs. I marvel at the general principle, at what engineers continuously came up with
by mlindner 4y ago
> EVs are so much more boring than the highly evolved, intricate design of ICEs. I marvel at the general principle, at what engineers continuously came up with to squeeze ever more out of them, even at such "simple" things as stroke order and cylinder configuration (V, inline...).
EV powertrains aren't "simple" and are in fact "intricate", honestly to a higher level than ICEs. Even the motor itself is complex. But honestly, complexity is a bad thing. It means there's more things that can fail.
- ganbatekudasai 4y agoYeah, I meant more the general principle. I can absolutely believe that in the details, EVs are on par or maybe even surpass ICE's complexity. But "electric motor turns axle" is, at its surface level, and much more boring principle than "controlled concurrent explosions timed in the right way actuate pistons which actuate shaft which turns axle". And by default at least an electric motor has a much more linear power curve than an ICE one, so purely at surface level transmissions tend to follow a simpler principle as well. It's why I mentioned old phone networks and CRTs as well.