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Originally Posted by biker1
Sorry to burst your bubble with facts but diesel engines have extraordinary durability. Diesels in semi trucks can go 1.5 million miles. Diesels in container ships can run for 20 years and that is mostly running 24/7. Gas engines in cars can go 400 thousand miles. At that point the car may very well be recycled since it is essentially used up. Google is your friend.
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I am aware of what you are saying about diesel engines. They can have a long life. But, the engines in long haul trucks are built of high quality materials and are designed for long life. And they have relatively low RPMs. Ship engines would be even lower RPMs. Remember the 1st "throw-away" chevy diesel. The gasoline type pistons could not handle the diesel compression stress. If a diesel reciprocating engine with certain quality of parts were to be compared to an Electric vehicle circular rotating motor with the same quality of parts......I believe that the electric vehicle would last longer. So, in this case I believe that BOTH opinions can be true.