ICE aren’t growing much in size and are getting more and more efficient. Why not make them air cooled? Porches used to be aircooled, and those were performance cars with the engine in the back. I would imagine having an engine in the front might be easier to cool, no?
Such a boring future we are living in :/ Well, there is hoping that enthusiast scene won’t die with it
Reducing carbon emissions > “fun”
It’s like we can’t do both
Why is an ICE more “fun” than an electric motor other than “makes big noise”?
Likely due to how an ICE works compared to an electric one, if you actually like working on them. Modding an ICE is leagues more interesting and complicated than… well, good luck modifying an electric motor is all I can say.
That said, driving an electric car is probably more fun, unless you are doing a long canyon run or you want a light vehicle.
vroom vroom > …
Not to mention air cooled VW and Porsche engines only made like 60HP. Far from a “fun” engine unless you find things like getting a full night’s rest or eating rice cakes “fun.”
What a load of crap you are spewing.
Porche 911 GT2 (993) produced 331kw (443hp) with an air cooled engine.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911_GT2?wprov=sfla1
Well I stand corrected! That’s an incredible amount of power from a small, air-cooled engine.
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Doesn’t mean we have to burn fossil fuels. Ethanol is cool as fuck. Less range but more power and you can make it with various methods.
As for bicycles, I cycled for many years and worked at a bicycle shop. Their “gearbox” design is horrible. Their durability is tragic. For commute I am using electric scooter now, much less reliability issues. I hate the tires on bicycles and scooters though, seriously need to get tubeless.
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If your bike’s durability is an issue that’s on you for either not doing basic maintenance or buying a piece of junk.
Lol, lmao even
The most used mean of transportation in the world has durability issues 🙄
Compare how much needs to be spent to ride vs to drive, even if you were to change the chain and cassettes every 10k km…
No wonder you’re asking if air cooled engines could make a comeback.