Lee Duna to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoEVs have 79% more reliability problems than gas cars, says Consumer Reportsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down134cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareVirtual Insanity linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoThat’s true, but also dumb at the same time. The benefit of reduced drag applies regardless of mode of propulsion. So really, it’s complexity for complexity sake.
minus-square@weew@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agonot really, because gas engines are so inefficient outside of their ideal RPM range that a little extra drag is barely noticeable.
minus-squareVirtual Insanity linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoHence why they have transmissions that ensure they’re in a favourable RPM range at all times.
That’s true, but also dumb at the same time.
The benefit of reduced drag applies regardless of mode of propulsion.
So really, it’s complexity for complexity sake.
not really, because gas engines are so inefficient outside of their ideal RPM range that a little extra drag is barely noticeable.
Hence why they have transmissions that ensure they’re in a favourable RPM range at all times.