Not sure Im ready for one of these ‘internal combustion’ cars I keep hearing about. Until they can sort out the risk of the flammable liquids you have to put in them from catching fire it seems too dangerous and impractical.

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    1 year ago

    Not really. Fully mechanical belt/chain driven oil pumps have been around for decades and are extremely reliable. This is just shitty and needless over-engineering.

    Lithium batteries are way, way more dangerous and volatile.

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      Electric oil pumps are not over engineering. They are intended to improve the efficiency of gas engines. They are a desperate attempt to compete with EVs which have less fires than gas vehicles already.