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That's a bad example. Early Teslas had 2 gears, but then got rid of that and now only have one. That got rid of the transmission and gearbox, and the car brea
by btilly 8y ago
That's a bad example. Early Teslas had 2 gears, but then got rid of that and now only have one. That got rid of the transmission and gearbox, and the car breaks less as a result.
ICE cars can't do that because their engines work best in a fairly narrow range of RPMs. But electric has no such limit.
- greglindahl 8y agoThat was the original Roadster -- and it reduces the top speed, that's the minus. Well worth it, in my mind.
- pretendscholar 8y agoThe point being that having fewer parts in and of itself does not mean that it will break down less frequently.
- icantdrive55 8y agoI can't afford a Tesla, or really any new car, but I love simple machines that just work. I have an old 80's Toyota truck that I just can't part with. It wasen't over engineered, nor complicated. Just a vechicle I can work on, if needed? It starts, and goes. I've worked on it in the middle of s desert, with a chesp socket set. If Tesla's do break down infrequently, they should include that in the advertising. Even though I used to be a mechanic, and a electrician the vechicle looks daunting on a mechanical level. It doesn't help that the company, like all automotive companies, don't want their customers working on their vechicle. (Tesla has so much potential, but it needs a calm, cool, practical commander. I feel, with the right management, Tesla could become the model A of this generation?)