This car costs $8500. Not a typo. Less than 10 racks. And you don't have to put gas in it.
But we can't have it in the US, because we'd rather have racism and argue about solved problems like birthright citizenship, and should Black people be allowed to vote.
So you get Cybertrucks instead. Enjoy!
@sidereal @robloblaw @johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke this is the thing that somehow doesn’t make it into the media narratives.
Being an EV driver I make a point of talking to EV drivers.
The response is always“my EV needs no maintenance”. Sure, tires, wipers, cabin air filters and wiper fluid but that’s it.
Took my VW in for a “service inspection”. Service desk person says “EVs don’t need servicing. This is a formality”.
How is it that this story is not making it into the news?
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"How is it that this story is not making it into the news?"
Indeed, my friend. Indeed.
@advicepig same. Trust my family mechanic to do tires.
He’s old school but no fool. He’s seeing people switch to EVs and then he doesn’t see them again except for tires.
Used to see him all the time for the Camry. Oil every 6k. Timing belts. Brake rotors. Oil leaks. Muffler. Now we go over there to take him banana bread and shoot the breeze. He knows his business is changing, same as my Dad who had a film processing shop. Digital came and he just smiled and retired.
@advicepig @jonshell Regenerative braking goes a long way to eliminating friction brake wear. Even my civic hybrid now has 185k miles on it and the brake pads are only at about 50%. Past experience with normal civics is that you need pads replaced somewhere between 50-90k miles.
Suspension components however ... there is no difference here, and EVs tend to be heavier with current battery technology, so more work for those systems.
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The low brake wear was also a thing with manual transmissions when using your gears and engine to slow you down. In most cases you only had to tap your brake to finalize your stop, and you had tons more traction than an automatic (especially in a winter climate). But few know how to drive a standard and fewer still know how to use it right.
@jonshell @sidereal @robloblaw @johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke The amount of money I've spent on the suspension on my (non-EV) car over the last few years, I suspect you're going to get surprised at some point.
You might not need to deal with an internal combustion engine, but there's a whole load of things that *aren't* the engine to go wrong, too.
I'm sure the EV is still cheaper overall, but you're missing some fairly major things from your list of stuff that's going to need work.
@sidereal @jonshell @robloblaw @johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke Sure. I even said that.
I just don't want to see EV maintenance oversold as nothing more than "tyres, wipers, air filters and wiper fluid". There's going to be other things, some of them much more expensive than the above list.
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