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Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by TeMPOraL on Sunday April 07, 2019 @05:26AM (#19595753)
> The parts on an EV either last forever

For now. It's an iron law of the market economy that once this sector becomes competitive, costs will get optimized to the point that - like currently with ICE cars - the reliability will be lowest possible that they can get away with. There's no law of physics saying EVs are built reliably; there just isn't enough economic incentive to start building low-reliability parts. That will change as EVs gain popularity.

Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by village-idiot on Sunday April 07, 2019 @08:53PM (#19601058)
There’s also an iron law that simpler machines are easier to make reliable, and the electric motor is orders of magnitude simpler than a supercharged multi-cylinder internal combustion engine.