We 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 decelerat

We 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.