• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 days ago

    I mean, they’re still a lot simpler than combustion cars. Like the other guy said, it’s probably because they’re startups.

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      7 days ago

      They are mechanically simpler because they don’t have hundreds of parts in a combustion engine and an automatic transmission, but their overall complexity is much higher.

      You have all of the electrical system out of a modern car(fucking complex) with all of the systems needed to handle the electric motors and batteries.

      It is the different between a flip phone and a smartphone. The smartphone isn’t simpler because it doesn’t have as many buttons or a hinge.

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        7 days ago

        There’s tons of electronics in a combustion engine too and transmission too, and infotainment bloatware is not exclusive to EVs at all.

        The electronics in the actual EV powertrain lean more to beefy than complex, as well. A line that carries hundreds of amps and volts isn’t going to fit on a standard chip wafer, at least not without a lot of help.