You know what I discovered doing this! It looks more complex but there's not much chemistry or invisible magic here. It's all pieces of shaped metal that fit together and move when a piston is pushed down. In an electric car you've got chemistry that you can't see or feel, magnetic fields that are invisible and electron flow that is hidden.
but energy waves is also within the law of physics.. they just work.
My $5 coke can RC car works on the same idea as a tesla.
You're right! And that's why it's cool. It's tactile. Always loved mechanical things (and now am a programmer). The first mechanical thing I loved was the differential gear! More people should understand mechanical cleverness.
It stresses me out, I imagine being left with a few dozen spare pieces at the end.
Id say electric car is subset of internal combustion, as you also have battery and generator to run that conbustion engine ;)