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>Electric drivetrains are just so simple compared to ICE that it seems hard to fuck up. You would think so, but Tesla had a lot of problems with their electric
by magduf 8y ago
>Electric drivetrains are just so simple compared to ICE that it seems hard to fuck up.
You would think so, but Tesla had a lot of problems with their electric motors and had to replace lots of them.
- loeg 8y agoTesla is in an interesting position where they have a lot of apologists for various kinds of problems that no other automaker gets. I don't think their experience is necessarily indicative of how an entranched, reliable automaker's EV experience will shake out.
- magduf 8y agoPerhaps, but it's not like there's a lot of other examples of battery EVs out there to compare with, just the Leaf and the Bolt really. There's also the motors in the Volt and Prius (which are both capable of running motor-only, and for the Volt the motor provides all the propulsion). But you have a point, none of those others have had any motor problems I've heard of. Thought to be fair, the Tesla motors are a lot more powerful than those in any of those other cars.