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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by vvanders on Friday August 23, 2019 @09:29AM (#20777327)
Yeah, I'm confused as well. Generally in a 10+ year old car you're looking at possible transmissions issues(or engine depending on the brand, hello Subaru).

We're just about to crack 100k mi and 5 years on our EV with no sign of stopping. From a power train perspective swapping motors is dead simple and you have no transmission. I still see good capacity at ~91k. There are electronics/accessories that will fail but that's no different on an ICE.

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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by rootusrootus on Friday August 23, 2019 @10:07AM (#20777760)
Anecdata aside, the average car gets taken off the road around 11-12 years due to body rot, not drievtrain problems. EVs are unlikely to be immune to that.
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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by jacobush on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:21AM (#20778546)
Except Teslas which are aluminum.
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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by rootusrootus on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:29AM (#20778620)
The majority of Teslas are made primarily of steel, with some aluminum parts. Just like other cars.
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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by vvanders on Friday August 23, 2019 @12:28PM (#20779219)
There's still some decent physical shielding of the underside of the pack(which runs whole body). It'd be interesting to see the long term impacts that would have on the frame/etc.
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Re:Singapore Says Musk's Electric Cars Are About 'Lifestyle,... by jacobush on Sunday August 25, 2019 @02:28AM (#20791650)
Where can I learn more about this?
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