&gt; An electric car shares most of its parts with a gas one<p>Definitely depends on how you qualify &#x27;most&#x27;. An electric car has nearly none of the mechanical complexity of an ICE car. Look at the engine bay and undercarriage of a typical internal combustion car:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;uDxSsR2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;uDxSsR2.jpg</a><p>Gas tank, fuel lines, transmission, engine, drive shaft, spark plugs &#x2F; distributor cap, muffler, exhaust system, fuel pump, engine, air intake, turbo&#x2F;super chargers if necessary, oil pumps &#x2F; reservoirs, etc. -- many hundreds of parts can be shaved off of full electric cars.<p>I&#x27;m firmly in the camp that Tesla is going to have a much more difficult time that people predict in shipping a mass-market car, but that doesn&#x27;t change the fact that it&#x27;s much easier to build an electric car than an ICE one.