It’s true that it’s not inherent, however, the unfortunate thing is that they’re being built like this and it makes it costly to repair them. If they fix the a

It’s true that it’s not inherent, however, the unfortunate thing is that they’re being built like this and it makes it costly to repair them. If they fix the above then yes, repair costs should come down and make their total cost of ownership make sense. As it is people try to convince others that because there are fewer moving parts on the drive train, that TCO is in theory lower, in practice it’s not yet due to all the above issues you mentioned.