A bird and a plane both "fly" in the sky, but they aren't the same. A helicopter and a plane can both transport people in the sky, but they are also very different.
To claim that an EV has a starter motor and an alternator is misunderstanding at best, wrong at worst. An EV doesn't have a have a starter motor than cranks a huge mechanical engine. An ICE's alternator converts AC to DC, it has a DC/DC converter.
Here's an start for a RAV4 Prime, a plugin hybrid vehicle: https://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/p/TOYOTA_2023_RAV4-PRIME/St...
And here's an alternator for the same vehicle: https://parts.lakelandtoyota.com/p/toyota_2021_RAV4-PRIME/Al...
Electric vehicles certainly have their own issues (which may or may not be worse, depending on your point of view), but one of their advantages is fewer moving mechanical parts.
