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Re:Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer wit... by slg on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @11:29AM (#19739354)
The average car on the road is closing in on 12 years old [1] so you can't just look at the first 3 years. The first few years of an ICE vehicle might be very similar to an EV, but that changes drastically as a car ages.

[1] - https://www.bts.gov/content/average-age-automobiles-and-truc...

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Re:Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer wit... by logifail on Friday April 26, 2019 @03:33PM (#19761048)
> The first few years of an ICE vehicle might be very similar to an EV, but that changes drastically as a car ages

If the average age of all cars on the road is 12 years, where's the data for 12 year old EVs?

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