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Guessing hybrids / plug ins will be popular for a long time, just because they are a known quantity. Kia and Hyundai still haven’t reached the rock solid relia
by thorncorona 2y ago
Guessing hybrids / plug ins will be popular for a long time, just because they are a known quantity.
Kia and Hyundai still haven’t reached the rock solid reliability of Japanese autos, despite having been around for much longer than Tesla.
Traditional manufacturers will likely have an easier time transitioning to EVs than EV manufacturers will, building reliable cars.
- talldatethrow 2y agoThat's somewhat my point. Kia has trouble because engines and transmissions are complicated. Hell, bad CVTs ruined all the good will Nissan had for 30 years. But once you're making EVs, they seem a lot more reliable, which let's people go for style and function more than just pure reliability numbers.
- thorncorona 2y agoI mean Kia and Hyundai have had an ongoing theft fiasco for the last couple years.. My Tesla seems to have a lot of creaks and rattles since <5k miles in, which they describe as 'normal'.
- delfinom 2y agoNissan CVTs were fine. The problem is they wanted to cost cut so they put the CVTs in car models with too much torque from the engine.
- talldatethrow 2y agoThe Nissan Sentra had CVT troubles too. Does the base Sentra have too much torque? And if you go by that rule basically every faulty transmission would be excused. Chevy truck 4l60e transmissions suck too... Ohh if they were just paired with smaller lighter trucks with a V6 they'd have been fine! But they weren't. And that's the failure of the engineering teams that chose them.
- dzhiurgis 2y ago> Traditional manufacturers will likely have an easier time transitioning to EVs than EV manufacturers will, building reliable cars Is that why legacy auto is loosing money on every EV they sell?