Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly
by perl4ever on Saturday September 01, 2018 @11:11PM
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The average car in the US is said to be older than 7 years, and ICE powered cars do not normally need a new engine at that point. Cars are usually scrapped at 14 years or more, I believe.
Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly
by smileysteve on Sunday September 02, 2018 @03:35AM
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Anecdotally, a valve cover gasket, oil pan gasket, brake discs are going to be recommended on many cars after 7 years.
There is already datab out there from high class rental companies that reduced maintenance from oil changes, brakes, and major repairs easily leaves room for new batteries.
Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly
by jacquesm on Sunday September 02, 2018 @05:51AM
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Valve cover or oil pan gaskets are replaced when needed, not because some time has passed. Besides that they are a minor job both in cost and invasiveness compared to replacing a battery pack, this is very much comparing apples to oranges.
Typically ICE cars do not require engine work at 7 years of age.
EV car batteries last at least 7 years, in theory and in the 2010 cars still on the road. After 7 years, they need a battery replacement (similar to how an ICE car needs engine work, just a one-shot replacement instead of lots of minor maintenance and repairs), and the old batteries are easily refurbished into other kinds of batteries (like home backup batteries) where charge-per-unit-weight-and-volume is less critical than in a car.