Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI’m not sure how repairable EVs are either, since my 2013 Leaf never needed repairs in 12 years. Just tires and wiper blades.
Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI’m not sure how repairable EVs are either, since my 2013 Leaf never needed repairs in 12 years. Just tires and wiper blades.
ThePrivacyPolicy@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah that’s a good point in a sense. Mechanically I think they’re a lot less repairable (or at least a lot less at home repairable), but from the angle of needing repairs, they also need less repairs because most of what tends to fail on ICE vehicles is all the mechanical stuff attached to the engine. Even on my hybrid I repair a ton less and my mechanic said that because all the accessories are electronic since they can’t be belt/chain driven because the engine is off half the time that they’re ultimately more reliable in the end - it’s the mechanical aspects of them that fail on ICE vehicles.