This is a good point. Service costs for Teslas are outrageous. Though, to be fair, Teslas appear to require far less servicing. Because of this, I've seen estim

This is a good point. Service costs for Teslas are outrageous. Though, to be fair, Teslas appear to require far less servicing. Because of this, I've seen estimates that they actually end up costing around the same as gas cars, annualised. People are going to have to think very hard about the servicing costs when they purchase cars in future, because that cost is often extremely opaque. I don't have much faith that the average consumer will consider this at all. If so, it's very easy to imagine a future in which the upfront cost of EVs is below manufacturing cost, but the ongoing subscriptions and servicing are where manufacturers make their profit.