Re:Will Electric Cars Slow the Adoption of Driverless Cars?
by dsfyu404ed on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:46PM
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Whether costs are mileage or time based vary heavily on the environment.
They don't salt the roads in the winter in Silly-Valley so maintenance costs are primarily mileage based.
In somewhere like NY it's going to be more time based because the vehicle will corrode at a fairly steady rate and salt solutions will counteract lubricants in places that can't be cleaned out (e.g. wheel bearings and ball joints) at a fairly fixed rate.
They don't salt the roads in the winter in Silly-Valley so maintenance costs are primarily mileage based.
In somewhere like NY it's going to be more time based because the vehicle will corrode at a fairly steady rate and salt solutions will counteract lubricants in places that can't be cleaned out (e.g. wheel bearings and ball joints) at a fairly fixed rate.