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47_alpha_tango@lemmy.zip 11 months agoI was only talking about the batteries. I never mentioned the motor.
A battery replacement on an electric car more often than not isn’t economically viable as costs a large percentage of the overall value of the car.
But as you mentioned the motor once that dies you have to replace the whole unit. There aren’t many scenarios where replacing a whole engine is required.
Then there’s the range to consider. I can drive the length of the UK in a single day in my diesel car as it takes 2 minutes to fully refuel. That can’t be done in an EV yet.
The point is we are lot more than 7 years from being in a place where EV’s can replace internal combustion. If it ever can.
Hydrogen powered cars on the other hand are capable of replacing fossil fuelled vehicles but they aren’t being developed at the same rate as battery cars.
snacks@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Apologies, but when you said ‘batteries won’t last as long as an engine’ I was answering you. You’ve conflated the two possibly by accident.
I totally disagree with everything else you say. All the best