> many teslas are on their third drive unit now

Define "many" and give a citation.

Tesla warranty for the drive unit is 8 years/120,000 miles. I doubt they'd set it that high if the expectation was that these drive units are going to fail all over the place.

Compare that to both ford and toyota which have a 5 years/60,000 miles powertrain warranty

> And batteries do also fail

They can due to manufacturing faults. However, both batteries and engines follow more of a washtub curve.

> Not sure why you would say otherwise.

You are overstating the failures of both.

The citation is right over there, next to the citation for EV's having fewer parts and being more reliable. The correct statement would be that EV's have fewer moving parts which is correct but irrelevant because with EV's there are many thousands of non-moving parts that can also brick the vehicle.

Kia has a 10-year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty. I’d rate that as effectively equivalent to Tesla’s.