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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

My issue isn't with adding electric to a gas car. My issue is adding gas to an electric car.

The ICE drive train adds a TON of complexity to an EV. If you're gonna add ICE to an EV I think that it makes more sense to have a little range-extender generator, which is simple and cheap (because it only needs to run at a single RPM and constant load) which you can just run to add a bit more charge to your battery on long road trips.

But ideally we'd just have better charging infrastructure.