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The drive train of an electric car will probably last much longer than a complex combustion engine. Add to that, that you pay much less per kilometer/mile for
by flakeoil 4y ago
The drive train of an electric car will probably last much longer than a complex combustion engine.
Add to that, that you pay much less per kilometer/mile for the electricity than you pay for gasoline/diesel.
The battery might be the weak point currently, but with faster charging (already today you can charge 80% full in 30 minutes) it will be a non-issue. You could then live with lower capacity batteries. And as battery prices go down you could most likely in 10 years replace your battery for much less than today.
- Symbiote 4y agoWe can look at metro trains especially, and see they can run for 20, 30, even 40 years, often for 20 or more hours a day, continually accelerating and decelerating. Some in London travel further in a year than a typical petrol car in its whole lifetime: https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/eye-watering-distances-trains-each-18882988 https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/eye-watering-dist... Cars have much bumpier roads and less professional maintenance, and batteries, but at least the motors etc aren't something to worry about.