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Electric cars typically have 1% the moving parts of an internal combustion engine vehicle. If the chassis is built well, you just need to swap out the motor and
by hadlock 7y ago
Electric cars typically have 1% the moving parts of an internal combustion engine vehicle. If the chassis is built well, you just need to swap out the motor and battery as needed, and flush the coolant every 5 years. There's no belts, chains, pumps etc for the most part to maintain or replace. The model X is pretty complex but if you look at the model 3 it's just a bunch of plug and play parts like a PC.
- javagram 7y agoYou could pretty much say the same thing about an ICE car though - plug and play standardized parts, ever since the Model T. I’ve owned my ICE for almost a decade and never needed to service the engine other than routine oil and filter changes. There’s plenty of room for differentiation between electric cars, even the ones that already exist are plenty different. (Just like my ICE vehicle is different from other ICEs in many, many ways besides the engine)
- greglindahl 7y agoThe Model 3 has this: https://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-3s-superbottle-easter-egg-is-a-fascin-1830992728 https://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-3s-superbottle-easter-e... That's astonishingly less than a car's cooling systems (radiator, A/C, oil pump, etc.) It'll be fun to see what other EV makers come up with.
- rdtwo 7y agoThe interior is too hard to swap out and it’s not worth it.