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Re:Toyota to Launch All-New Aqua (Prius C) with new bipolar ... by m-ee on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:08AM (#27891131)
No engineer that knows anything about batteries would call a battery pack/BMS design that meets automotive requirements simple.
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Re:Toyota to Launch All-New Aqua (Prius C) with new bipolar ... by rcMgD2BwE72F on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:38AM (#27891315)
Simple compared to ICE at their stage (NB: one has benefited from many centuries of man-hour work than the other). So, for their current level of efficiency, a BEV is simpler than an ICE also fewer people are able to produce the former for cheaper than the latter.
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