Comparison of complexity/costs of electronics of gas vs electric vehicles?

I’ve done all the online training for our class 8. Yowza! Deep technology.

Worth a look, maybe...

I guess EV should be simpler in that a modern internal combustion engine is so reliant on computer control and electronic sensors in order to even run ...

As you state ... it seems EV would by definition eliminate all of that aspect.

I still believe the consumers should have a choice.

I've heard it both ways.

One way they say car dealers don't want to sell EVs because of low maintenance meaning less income via the service center... but I think "maintenance" just means "oil changes" in that regard. In another report about Hertz downsizing their EV rental fleet which they invested heavily into, they cited the high maintenance costs. They didn't give details what that meant.

My guess is that parts in an EV are a lot like LED bulbs... they promise to last XXXXX miles/hours/whatever, but they could go at any time. Many will last as long as advertised, but it is kinda random. And, a battery going out isn't a few hundred bucks to replace, either.

This is why I REALLY don't want EVs taking over the market... many, many people rely on second and third ownership vehicles for affordable and reliable transportation. A world where we take out all of those old Civics and Camrys and replace them with cars that will need five figure repairs for a second owner is pretty bleak.

I always think of something Jeremy Clarkson said years ago.  Something to the effect of "This feels like 8-track, this feels like betamax, this feels like laserdisc.... it feels like the thing that happens before the REAL thing".