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Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by bluGill on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:00PM (#20424450)
A Drive train is just a small part of a car. While it is simpler than an ICE, it is not simple to make millions of them reliable for 10 years.
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Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by silversconfused on Friday July 12, 2019 @06:32PM (#20425122)
Unless EV door handles and airbags are that much more complicated, I must be missing something. The problems with EVs are support infrastructure and profitability, NOT reliability and complexity.
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Re:Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Elec... by clouddrover on Friday July 12, 2019 @11:49PM (#20426390)
Tesla has the third lowest reliability rating of any car manufacturer. If you want reliability you want to buy Toyota:

https://www.consumerreports.org/media-room/press-releases/20...

Reliability isn't as simple as "it's an EV".

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