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While those numbers are extremely encouraging, the fact that this is on a new fleet is to be kept in mind. What we know now is that they 50-60% cheaper to main
by Majestic121 4y ago
While those numbers are extremely encouraging, the fact that this is on a new fleet is to be kept in mind.
What we know now is that they 50-60% cheaper to maintain during the first couple of years.
Let's hope that they are also 50-60% cheaper to maintain over their whole lifetime, but this might not be as assured as one might think due to batteries which are a huge cost.
- metadat 4y agoEV maintenance items should only involve tires, air filters, and wiper blades and fluid. My friends with Teslas have reported that these are the only things they've done in 50,000+ miles.
- treeman79 4y agoSo same as a gas car minus oil changes.
- metadat 4y agoI'm not going to put the entire ICE maintenance list here, but there are a lot more wear items. Brakes, belts, coolant, oil, transmission service, annual emissions inspections. Radiator or other leaks.. pretty annoying. The maintenance schedule is definitely more involved. Edit: lostlogin, sure.. that's a, uhm, certain strategy. No doubt, Japanese cars can usually take an impressive amount of abuse. And yeah, a harsh way to treat a machine you rely on to keep you and your loved ones safe.
- lostlogin 4y agoIt can be, but our 2 corollas have had an oil change each in 10 years, one got a set of tyres and one needed brake pads and rotor skimming. It’s a terrible way to treat cars, but they go fine.
- DangitBobby 4y agoI've unfortunately taken a car to its limits by neglecting to change the oil (depression). They go fine and then they fail quite fast and permanently. Amazing how long it lasted without any noticeable effects, though! Most people change their oil way, way too often. Places like Jiffy Lube will tell you every 3 months or 3000 miles because they make more money that way, but if you look at your manual it's more likely to say 6k miles with crude and have no time based recommendation. Synthetic oil you can go something like 10k IIRC.
- yazaddaruvala 4y agoThe best part about exponential curves: By the time the battery needs to be replaced batteries will be 90% cheaper.
- almost_usual 4y agoThis seems very optimistic.
- yazaddaruvala 4y agoThat is my preferred outlook yes :) But it is backed by the data. Check out my other responses. If you’re either “realistic” or pessimistic, what about the data and trends we already have doesn’t convince you of a giant cost reduction over the decade to produce batteries?
- endisneigh 4y agothere's no way that will be true, lol
- yazaddaruvala 4y agoThis is the trend, backed by all the data and the expectation of the industry. Why do you think otherwise? https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/management/experience-curve/ https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/management/e... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_curve_effects https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_curve_effects If you’re familiar with Moores Law, that is an example of an experience curve.
- endisneigh 4y agoI’m familiar with the trend, but it’s unlikely the price of electric batteries would decrease an additional 90% in 20 years
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