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Less, moving parts, and 1000x the software bugs. Net result is probably worse. And despite the people claiming they will last longer than ICE, I can't remembe
by StillBored 4y ago
Less, moving parts, and 1000x the software bugs.
Net result is probably worse.
And despite the people claiming they will last longer than ICE, I can't remember ever replacing a car because the drive train was to expensive to fix. They get replaced because they are old/ugly and the interiors/exteriors are worn out.
OTOH, I don't really know anyone who is against EV's, but myself I find them slightly annoying because where i live they are basically being subsidized by everyone not driving one. Which isn't fair because the people driving them tend to be in the upper income/wealth brackets. Its basically a smug regressive tax, that doesn't do shit for the environment given ~50% of the power in the city I live in comes from a coal plant, and averages about 80% CO2 emitting sources after the wind+nukes are added to the picture. (And actual consumer vehicular CO2 output works out to something like 8% of the CO2 emissions).
- nine_k 4y agoSoftware bugs are a problem for ICE cars, too [1]. A modern car has a dozen controllers strewn about, including a hard-realtime one that controls the injection of fuel into cylinders; without its software / firmware, the car just won't go. That software may be more mature than EV's software, but not necessarily so. [1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apples-wozniak-toyota-has-software-problem/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/apples-wozniak-toyota-has-softw...