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EVs also don't really use brakes. They mainly use regen braking. 50k miles and on the same pads.

• rubicon33 3y ago
  My standard non EV gas car is 45k same pads?
  • bluSCALE4 3y ago
    I should add a little bit of honesty here. I did replace my brakes but only because they were rusting from not being used enough! So I bought stainless steel pads and those look great.
  • bluSCALE4 3y ago
    Except mine are basically new.
• vlucas 3y ago
  This is true about EVs, but it all just depends on how hard you are on your brakes. I routinely go 70k+ miles in ICE cars with the same brake pads. My mom on the other hand had to change hers about every 30k miles. YMMV.
  • bestnameever 3y ago
    a lot of that can depend on your commute. If you commute over hills, you can expect shorter time between replacing brake pads. Having said this, if you can go 70k+ miles with the same brake pads, you could likely go much further than that if the car had regenerative braking.
  • vel0city 3y ago
    I haven't really had to engage the friction brakes on my EV in the past 30,000mi, other than intentionally having a few hard stops to scrape rust off the rotors from not using them for so long.