It's one of the most repeated things on HN. Yet, the Tesla maintenance program is surprisingly expensive, more than a thousand dollars per year. Maybe, no matt

It's one of the most repeated things on HN. Yet, the Tesla maintenance program is surprisingly expensive, more than a thousand dollars per year. Maybe, no matter what the technology, if you have vendor lock, that is just the case. No idea if it's internally profitable for Tesla or not. I also don't know how it's for something like Nissan Leaf. The majority of people currently drive petrol / diesel cars that are old enough to be out of warranty (also the warranties are shorter, which is of course not a good thing). They have way way lower maintenance costs because there is free choice where to have the car serviced and a huge pool of personnel with the skill to do it. Even if you take your car to the dealership for maintenance, their prices are still influenced by the competition. My city probably has a hundred places where I can have my oil changed. But who buys a 100,000 dollar car with the idea of saving some hundreds of dollars per year in maintenance costs anyway? Be it BMW or Tesla. It's a red herring. We'll have to see how the maintenance industry will be for older and more main stream electric cars.