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Internal Combustion Engines Are More Advanced Than EVs (www.carsandhorsepower.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

"It's just physics."

AI slop detected.

For some reason LLMs just looooove that "It's just physics" phrase. Its not just physics. Internal combustion engines are an unholy mix of nearly every field of science known to man. If you want to try and explain how awesome they are, you can't handwave it all away in the first paragraph with three words.

In any case, I side with their "devil's advocate" on every statement they try to assert.

Added comment: Modern EVs require the use of semiconductors / ICs in their drivetrains that are near the peak of semiconductor technology. Chip fabrication is hands-down absolutely the most complex manufacturing process humans have invented so far, with less than a dozen facilities worldwide capable of making the components needed for a modern EV.

Checkmate, atheists gearheads.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    If that's gonna be the argument I'm picking the electric motor anyway, with the shittiest ones having 75% efficiency (good ones are in the 95+ range) versus the ICE where the most efficient ones in the entire world barely reach 30%

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Uhm, they don't need computing at all, actually. And what they have for convenience, sensors and so on, we have countless low-density lithography facilities around. There's actually one for public use 50 km next to me, in a university. Someone on Hackaday lately even did their own low quality SDRAM in a self-built clean room. And even if not, you could just do a floating soldering job for most of it.

    The high-performance chips are just for the bloated infotainment systems the ICEs have too.

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