• Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Electric cars are actually very complex. They monitor a ton of sensors and electrical properties constantly and need to manage everything.

    It isn’t just a big motor and a big battery hooked up to a variable resistance switch at the accelerator.

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      27 days ago

      I mean, they’re still a lot simpler than combustion cars. Like the other guy said, it’s probably because they’re startups.