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I guess there's a large variety of reasons why cars break down. Maybe I'm just lucky(?), but all the actually expensive problems I had with my car so far had ve

I guess there's a large variety of reasons why cars break down. Maybe I'm just lucky(?), but all the actually expensive problems I had with my car so far had very little to do with the fact that it's a hybrid car. Rust, puncture, broken tail light, broken rubber caps/washers, broken touch screen (left as-is). I'm sure that the mechanics who handled my car know not to touch the battery -- even if it's "just" ~200V vs. 800V. Both are very dangerous voltages. (ICE cars require oil changes all the time so that's a major difference perhaps, but EVs still require some lubrication, right?)

alliao 5y ago
unlikely I think, older gen cars used to have grease nipple for you to replenish old grease, newer car parts abolished those and instead you just throw the part away and replace. I'm sure some would say it's designed obsolescence but I think it's probably worth while for good portion of the cases as that grease nipple can introduce contaminants too... the cynics in me thinks the hybrids and ev are still over engineered to convince the masses, once mass adoption began the electronics can build in design obsolescence much easier..