How electric car manufacturers are cashing in on drivers
- November 23, 2022
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Well, with the obvious cost reduction in the production of modern electric vehicles, they cost much more than internal combustion engine cars. Is it really a problem that
Well, with the obvious cost reduction in the production of modern electric vehicles, they cost much more than internal combustion engine cars. Is it really a problem that electrical engineering is complex and financially prohibitive? Or maybe it’s something else? Portal “AutoVzglyad” analyzes the situation.
Each of us played with electric cars in his childhood. But when we looked inside in an attempt to satisfy our curiosity, we found nothing complicated there. Battery, electric motor and two gears. So, according to the same concept, a modern electric car is being created. And from his brother with an internal combustion engine, it differs only in the engine.
And if the internal combustion engine is perfect and incredibly complex in its own way, then its electric counterpart is much simpler. And there are no revolutionary breakthrough technologies in modern electric motors. Rotor, stator, bearings and electronic control unit. All. Can you name the number of ICE systems? For example, what do you know about the connecting rod and piston group, about the gas distribution mechanism, about the lubrication and cooling systems. Do you know how injection works and how the ignition system controls the efficient combustion of the fuel-air mixture? And so on.
At the same time, the electric motor has undergone the same evolution as the combustion engine. They started this race together. And while the combustion engine has become more and more complex and better as a result, the evolution of the electric motor has been achieved through the use of better materials and rare earth elements. Without changing the basic design.
And the question of introducing an electric motor into a car depended solely on the characteristics of the batteries. In fact, its evolution also consisted of the search for materials that make it possible to efficiently accumulate a large amount of energy in a small cell and release it quickly. And once this problem was solved, the era of electric cars began.
But why are they so expensive, the trend in the automotive industry to move to modular platforms allows you to make cars both quickly and cheaply. Adding the idea of electrification to this approach also greatly simplifies the car, removing the tasks of engineers from designing a complex transmission, placing an exhaust system and optimizing the temperature regime in the engine compartment, and so on. Significantly lower transport costs, range of spare parts. But with all this, environmentally friendly and simple electric cars are much more expensive than their classmates with internal combustion engines.
Seems like it’s all about greed. Indeed, now “green” mobility is more of a belief than a real help to the planet. And car manufacturers that have announced plans to switch to electricity, under the guise of their “green” cars, are selling indulgences for the destruction of nature at a very high price. This gives us the illusion of the value of electric mobility expressed in a highly inflated price. Can’t something good be cheap?
However, as practice shows, while environmentally friendly cars do not exist. Yes, and the greatest damage to nature is not caused by cars, but by a person who, by purchasing an electric car, voluntarily pays an excessive fine for destroying nature. However, this fine is not good for the environment.
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Each of us played with electric cars in his childhood. But when we looked inside in an attempt to satisfy our curiosity, we found nothing complicated there. Battery, electric motor and two gears. So, according to the same concept, a modern electric car is being created. And from his brother with an internal combustion engine, it differs only in the engine.
And if the internal combustion engine is perfect and incredibly complex in its own way, then its electric counterpart is much simpler. And there are no revolutionary breakthrough technologies in modern electric motors. Rotor, stator, bearings and electronic control unit. All. Can you name the number of ICE systems? For example, what do you know about the connecting rod and piston group, about the gas distribution mechanism, about the lubrication and cooling systems. Do you know how injection works and how the ignition system controls the efficient combustion of the fuel-air mixture? And so on.
At the same time, the electric motor has undergone the same evolution as the combustion engine. They started this race together. And while the combustion engine has become more and more complex and better as a result, the evolution of the electric motor has been achieved through the use of better materials and rare earth elements. Without changing the basic design.
And the question of introducing an electric motor into a car depended solely on the characteristics of the batteries. In fact, its evolution also consisted of the search for materials that make it possible to efficiently accumulate a large amount of energy in a small cell and release it quickly. And once this problem was solved, the era of electric cars began.
But why are they so expensive, the trend in the automotive industry to move to modular platforms allows you to make cars both quickly and cheaply. Adding the idea of electrification to this approach also greatly simplifies the car, removing the tasks of engineers from designing a complex transmission, placing an exhaust system and optimizing the temperature regime in the engine compartment, and so on. Significantly lower transport costs, range of spare parts. But with all this, environmentally friendly and simple electric cars are much more expensive than their classmates with internal combustion engines.
Seems like it’s all about greed. Indeed, now “green” mobility is more of a belief than a real help to the planet. And car manufacturers that have announced plans to switch to electricity, under the guise of their “green” cars, are selling indulgences for the destruction of nature at a very high price. This gives us the illusion of the value of electric mobility expressed in a highly inflated price. Can’t something good be cheap?
However, as practice shows, while environmentally friendly cars do not exist. Yes, and the greatest damage to nature is not caused by cars, but by a person who, by purchasing an electric car, voluntarily pays an excessive fine for destroying nature. However, this fine is not good for the environment.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
Donald Salinas is an experienced automobile journalist and writer for Div Bracket. He brings his readers the latest news and developments from the world of automobiles, offering a unique and knowledgeable perspective on the latest trends and innovations in the automotive industry.
