> Servicing and repairing electric cars is not going to be in demand as much as repairing ICE cars ever was. Let's test this theory with some data. From 2016[

> Servicing and repairing electric cars is not going to be in demand as much as repairing ICE cars ever was. Let's test this theory with some data. From 2016[1]: "Last year, according to a Reuters analysis of data provided in the company’s annual report, Tesla spent $1,043 per vehicle on actual repairs and set aside $2,036 in warranty accruals to cover future repairs on the vehicles it sold in 2015. It trimmed warranty expenses by 17 percent from 2014 and cut warranty accruals by 34 percent. Meanwhile, GM spent just $400 last year for every vehicle it sold on warranty repairs and set aside $332 for future work. Ford spent $429 per vehicle and set aside $308. Daimler spent $970 per vehicle and set aside $1,294." Let's fast forward to 2020[2]: " in 2020, GM accrued just over $3.4 billion and sold just over 6.8 million vehicles, so its accrual per vehicle was just under $500[...] in 2020, Tesla accrued only 1.3 times as much per vehicle as Ford, and only 2.5 as much as GM. It's still in third place, but remember, this metric is based on what a company believes will happen." So Tesla is certainly setting aside more for warranty repairs than what would be needed for topping up fluids. Now what could possibly require a repair in an EV, given that the drivetrain is so much simpler? Here's Car and Driver's road test[3]: "One of the pitches we hear often on the switch to EV ownership is that electric vehicles are cheaper to maintain. But, as we close in on 40,000 miles in a Tesla Model 3, the actual savings in service costs is turning out to be quite minimal."[3] And loading the car up with complex electronics also creates repair pain points: "Tesla has been ordered to recall roughly 159,000 vehicles to fix a problem in the Media Control Unit.[...] Many vehicle controls in a Tesla are accessed via touch screen, and the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) began an investigation after over 500 complaints were filed about the issue.[...] Once its onboard NAND fails, the touch screen stops working, freezing the end-user out of climate controls and from using the rear backup camera. It also is said to impact “audible chimes related to ADAS, Autopilot, and turn signals.”[4] [1]https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-warranty/high-warranty-costs-reflect-teslas-struggle-with-quality-idUSKCN0XO1M3 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-warranty/high-warra... [2]https://www.warrantyweek.com/archive/ww20210218.html https://www.warrantyweek.com/archive/ww20210218.html [3]https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a30209598/2019-tesla-model-3-reliability-maintenance/ https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a30209598/2019-tesla-mo... [4]https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/319170-tesla-ordered-to-recall-150k-vehicles-to-repair-memory-failures https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/319170-tesla-ordered-to-...