Comment by 0manrho

> EVs are not complicated.

In the well established auto context we're talking about in this thread they are.

> Go look at small-scale PEV

Not relevant to the discussion at hand.

You're right that they shouldn't be, and don't have to be. That doesn't mean that the ones that actually exist in the automotive world actually are, and it's rather egregious to claim that they aren't. Doubly so when you try to substantiate that with devices that regardless of propulsion are drastically simpler, cheaper, and different devices. It's like trying to claim airplanes aren't complicated because a gliders are simple.

Not all of them are as bad as the BMW in the OP, but very few (if any) road legal mass produced EV's are truly simple.