• hraegsvelmir@ani.social
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      16 days ago

      Nowhere did I suggest binning it, and I support their eventual transition into being able to leave even hybrids behind. You stated “racing EV’s would be more exciting” and I just pointed out some of the issues that currently prevent it from being more widely adopted and more popular with motorsport fans at large. Otherwise, I doubt you’ll find many people to agree that a fully EV Indy 500 was comparable in impact of the event as it exists now if the vehicles could only do 2/3 of the distance with a car capable of less than half the power of the machines it’s meant to replace. An F1 car outputs 1000hp, while a Formula E car can do a touch under 500hp. This isn’t a knock on them, and I fully expect them to keep improving, but this is an edge case wear current EVs aren’t there yet.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        yeah, and I’m just suggesting, in an age of ecological collapse, perhaps it’s a poor priority