My 200.000 km car had absolutely no defects related to the ICE, if something broke it was with the steering, suspension, air-conditioner, electric etc. However

My 200.000 km car had absolutely no defects related to the ICE, if something broke it was with the steering, suspension, air-conditioner, electric etc. However, that was because the immense amount of preventive maintenance I did to keep the engine in its operating parameters: - oil swap, fuel, oil and air filter change every 20.000km - timing belt change every 80.000km, that involves changing all the related pulleys and an additional belt - coolant refresh and preventive replacement of the coolant pump, to preempt a very nasty silent degradation by insuficient cooling - cleanup of the exhaust gas recirculation valve and sensors, which tend to gunk up with modern diesels - clutch-related maintenance (disk replacement and transmission fluid swap) that an equivalent electric (not a Tesla) car will not need - mandatory emissions tests and checks - which I pay So yes, the defects will still happen on electric cars, but you take away the bread and butter of any mechanic shop - maintenance of the ICE (and to a significant extent, brakes too).