• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 day ago

    That’s what Elon sold us. The cost of a battery has dropped 90% in the last decade. Why dont ICE haters quote the cost of catalytic converters?

    • artyom@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 day ago

      The cost of a battery has dropped 90% in the last decade.

      They’re still very expensive.

      Why dont ICE haters quote the cost of catalytic converters?

      I don’t know, why would they?

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        9 hours ago

        I don’t know, why would they?

        Because EVs don’t have them and they are expensive. JFC buddy, would a crayon picture help?

        • artyom@piefed.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          9 hours ago

          Why wouldn’t they quote the cost of spark plugs or cylinder heads or transmission syncros? They’re all part of the same powertrain.

          If catalytic converters comprised 80% of the cost of the powertrain, and 30% of the cost of the vehicle, and they ICE more expensive than EVs, they probably would point to that as an explanation for why they’re more expensive. But none of those things are true.

          Were you dropped on your head as a child?