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Originally Posted by Tempest67
is this the future of "Hot Rodding" ?.... yikes, I am intimidated by EFI,
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having converted two go carts for the kids and a motorcycle I can tell you it is only
four components as opposed to dozens in ICE cars (Internal Combustion Engine)
1. there's the motor, yes actually properly called the motor ha ha and it is the size of a water melon yet it can power an average car no problem
2. there's something called the controller this would be like a carburetor, it's usually the size of a toaster (white box in the pic below)
3. there's the batteries obviously, this is where people loose their minds talking about 400 mile range for when they want to drive across the country yet studies have shown the average American drives less than 40 miles per day, ha ha
4. there's the charger for the batteries, this is another point of contention, how long it takes to charge, when we had our electric Nissan leaf we started out charging every single night, freaked out that we are going to get stranded somewhere if we didn't, in the second year we charged every other night, and in the third maybe 3 times a week overnight, and that car only had an 80 mile range
now everything else is the same, you keep your transmission, the brakes are still brakes sure they offer regen but you don't need them really, there's power steering can be mechanical or electric, ac, heater, windshield wipers, etc
you can keep it as simple as you want or geek out as much as you want, but pound for pound electric cars are way simpler than internal combustion engine powered ones, no oil leaks, no fuel tank, no exhaust leaks, no coolant leaks, no radiator, no clutch, no oil pump, no water pump, no mufflers, no catalytic converters, blah blah blah
