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redpoint5 · 11-23-2020, 11:22 PM

Electric cars are simple; just doing them very well is not. The first cars were electric for a reason, and it's because it's the easier thing to do. Making thousands of battery cells and wiring them and regulating their temperature and vibration and balancing them... that gets complicated.

11-23-2020, 11:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
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