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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Uh, maintenance is one thing where ICE wins (until very recently, thanks fucktards in car industry). Cars have been generally very easy to work on, with anyone with a toolbox being able to do most their repairs in a shed

    • theneverfox@pawb.social
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      5 months ago

      That’s a user-hostile feature, not a property of electric engines. An electric car has far simpler mechanical parts, and the circuitry isn’t very complicated either. It could be made incredibly easy to repair, modify, and upgrade, mostly at home even, if they designed them that way

    • JustLookingForDigg@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      This isn’t a function of the engine though right? Electric engines are inherently simpler and should therefore be easier to maintain (putting aside company fuckery)

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        High voltage is scary as fuck, but also the fact that absolutely everything from doors to gas pedal and chairs are controlled by a computer you need specialized proprietary equipment to investigate.

        This is an issue with new ice cars too to be honest

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          5 months ago

          EVs have a High voltage disconnect. I repaired my EV(inverter) with normal hand tools in my garage. I did have to buy a license and tool for flashing the firmware, but this is a problem in nearly every new vehicle, gas or electric.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      That’s true. But since now it’s all messed up shit that you can’t fix yourself they’re on fairly equal line there.