Comparing it to your anecdote is not useful. Most cars have a vigorous service schedule that is an endless sea of tire rotations, brake servicing, oil changes,

Comparing it to your anecdote is not useful. Most cars have a vigorous service schedule that is an endless sea of tire rotations, brake servicing, oil changes, belt replacements, among all of the unexpected maintenance of thousands of moving, wearing parts. A Tesla or a comparable EV, in contrast, is a cartoonishly simplified variation with magnitudes fewer parts and maintenance needs. The probability of an EV requiring less maintenance than a ICE car is 100%. Of course right now those EVs come at a premium, but as they hit the mainstream this is going to be a critical differentiation.