• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    11 hours ago

    No way does an electric motor cost that much.

    Have you seen the amount of precision engineering that goes into building a combustion engine? That is ridiculously expensive.

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      3 hours ago

      No way does an electric motor cost that much.

      Did you check numbers before you posted or did you disagree out of hand with zero thought to it? I didn’t pull these numbers out of my ass.

      https://gbtimes.com/how-much-is-a-tesla-motor-replacement/

      $10k-$30k, I posted a midrange price. Another site had them as “cheap” as 7k, but either way if you need 2-4 of them it’s not cheap.

      That precision engineering has been establishing itself for well over a century, we get the cheaper price thanks to the economy of numbers. piston engines were driven by steam well before ICE. Yes, I am abundantly familiar with ICE engines having built several and in fact have one under assembly in my garage right now. There’s a massive difference between a boring consumer grade crate motor and any purpose-built high-end track motor as far as engineering goes even if the parts are essentially the same.