A Junkyard Billionaire

Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by dokem on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:55PM (#21618247)

Off topic but why does hn use the term ICE vehicle rather than gas vehicle? It comes across as forced like when a non tech person is trying to impress me with buzz words and I’m just like no one talks like that in the industry.

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Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by WalterBright on Saturday November 23, 2019 @11:42PM (#21618393)

> rather than gas vehicle

Probably the same reason you use "vehicle" rather than "car".

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Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by enjeyw on Saturday November 23, 2019 @11:28PM (#21618352)

Coming from a country that refers to ‘gas’ as ‘petrol’, ‘gas vehicle’ sounds far more awkward than ‘ICE vehicle’ - makes me think of a car running on LPG

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Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by yardie on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:59AM (#21621143)

Because the term applies to vehicles that don't necessarily use gas. Diesel, LNG, CNG are also ICE.

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Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by esotericn on Sunday November 24, 2019 @07:12AM (#21619928)

'Gas' is an americanism.

Europeans would say 'petrol or diesel' car, which is annoying, so ICE it is.

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Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by mdorazio on Sunday November 24, 2019 @12:19AM (#21618541)

It's more than just "gas" - also diesel and LNG. It's generally easier to just use the blanket category ICE.

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Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by mikestew on Sunday November 24, 2019 @08:48AM (#21620383)

Because my ICE recreational vehicle doesn’t run on gas.

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Re:A Junkyard Billionaire by calewis on Sunday November 24, 2019 @06:57AM (#21619864)

Because the thing people generally put in a car is a liquid, called petrol, not a gas.

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