points by seanmcdirmid 10 hours ago | 0 comments
The parts that wear out the fastest and are the hardest/costliest to replace are not all of those though. EVs still have parts wear for sure, BUT it is just in a different league when compared to ICE repairs.
[–] tcbawo 10 hours ago
The average ICE will be working with a full range at ten years old. The same will not be true of EVs without a major investment in battery replacement.
[–] R1D3R 9 hours ago
No chance an ICE vehicle can go 10 years without an oil change. Spark plugs, coils, fuel injectors, and filters will all degrade in that time, diminishing range.
[–] bryanlarsen 3 hours ago
If you don't do an overhaul and replace your rings, a high milage ICE car will not have the same range as new.
[–] Dylan16807 8 hours ago
"full range" is a nonsense metric though. Different cars have different tank and battery sizes, and what matters is whether the range fits your needs.
All else equal, a range that degrades from 300 to 230 miles is better than a range that starts at 210 miles and stays there forever.
[–] CamperBob2 9 hours ago
The statistics aren't backing you up on this.
[–] officeplant 9 hours ago
First major thing to wear out in my EV was the Air Conditioning Evaporator core after less than 3 years.
Never change Ford, never change.
[–] utternerd 9 hours ago
[–] Scoundreller 9 hours ago
Prophylacticly changed the spark plugs... but I think they were fine.
Had to change the wheel bearings which was a pain to diag and even more of a struggle to remove in the rust belt... which an EV won't get around.
EV might have saved me from a couple welder repairs on the exhaust and Macgyvering heat shields. And that $10 intake manifold gasket that always fails (2h shadetree job). Transmission ran dry a few times after a metal line rusted out. Bypassed with rubber hose and runs again like a champ.
I love it but will crumble like a cracker in a collision because rust (but still drive because 1zz-fe).
My similarly aged German car is way ahead on factory corrosion protection. Maybe the Japanese manufacturers have caught up but I won't know if/how far behind the Chinese manufacturers are for a decade or two.