Re:The US Refuses to Fall in Love with Electric Cars
by rnk on Monday January 24, 2022 @01:46PM
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I'm stunned that a car company in today's world has a problem with supplying needed parts for their cars. It looks like only tesla has this problem. /s. More seriously, tesla does need to do better, their service network is behind their growth in sales, even though they've been steadily increasing their service centers.
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Re:The US Refuses to Fall in Love with Electric Cars
by matt_s on Monday January 24, 2022 @03:49PM
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I see the "/s" but seriously you can go to nearly any auto parts store and buy parts for an ICE vehicle. There are people that change their own oil, brakes, water pumps, etc. to save on labor. Most auto repair shops can do the majority of maintenance and since there are multiple third-party part vendors you have options on price, performance, etc. This combined with 5 figure battery replacement costs and the inconveniences of charging networks will keep US car buyers from "falling in love" with EV's for a long time.