• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Less moving parts means an entire drivetrain replacement when something inevitably goes wrong and maintenence =/= repairs

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      2 months ago

      Not necessarily, in theory anyway, but we all know big auto likes full replacements of everything so effectively yes, absolutely. It doesnt matter what powers the car though. The [undisclosed purpose sensor #7] fails and suddenly you have to replace the car computer which is encased in opaque resin for some reason and not even servicable by the engineer that designed it.

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      2 months ago

      If I recall, teslas are built like shit so they have to be replaced entirely. the last statistic I saw was electric cars have 2/3 the maintenance costs of gas cars and will last as long as their frame does.