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[Scott Dorsey]

DaveFroble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> 
>> there's essentially no maintenance on an electric vehicle, so no.
>
>There is no such thing as a vehicle that doesn't need periodic maintenance. 
>Granted, with electric, no more oil changes, no more exhaust systems to replace, 
>and such.  But there will be places with lube, and such.  And components will 
>need service.  You still running that 50 year old computer with no issues?  Or 
>even 2-3 years.

For the most part, the auto industry has realized that people don't actually
do maintenance, and has been slowly engineering it out.  Used to be you would
grease the bearings every few thousand miles, and they lasted forever if you
did (but didn't always last so long if you neglected to).  Now, in the new era
you don't have to grease them, but you can expect a failure within 150,000
miles.  We have traded maintenance for repairs, and for the average driver
that's probably a win.

Electric vehicles make it even easier to travel farther down this road,
because as you note there is no oil and no coolant.  Stuff will still
fail, but it won't fail because people didn't keep up the schedule in
the owner's handbook.
--scott

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