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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
An electrical motor rotates in a SMOOTH continuous CIRCLE. An internal combustion engine is a RECIPROCATING engine that uses difficult-to-time EXPLOSIONS started by a spark plug to send a friction-producing PISTON moving rapidly upward, then stopping and reversing before being transformed into rotary motion by a friction-producing crankshaft. All that mess then sends energy to a flywheel and a transmission because the IC Engine is only moderately efficient within a small RPM range. An IC engine needs 2 types of oil and associated oil pumps to lessen the friction
and a heat exchanging radiator to keep the whole mess cool.
A vehicle's electrical motor uses about 1/3 of the parts that an internal combustion engine needs. Bottom line.......a simple E-vehicle engine design is better, more efficient, and much more reliable than the complex IC engine design.
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My last vehicle with an archaic internal combustion engine went over 1,000,000 miles before I rebuilt it. That would indicate to me that they figured out the whole reciprocating explosion thing.
I’m not opposed to electric vehicles. When the price comes down and their reliability is proven I might consider one. Then again I probably only have maybe two new cars in my future so I doubt either of them will be electric.