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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by actionfromafar on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:22AM (#30555135)
To add to the confusion, there are two main kinds of brake fluid:

The classic, pro: works well even under high temperatures resulting from prolonged braking. Con: absorbs water over time and must be replaced fairly often even if not stressed.

New kind, pro: does not absorb water and does not degrade as much on its own. Con: braking action gets "spongy" when the fluid heats up from prolonged braking.

Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by giantg2 on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:37AM (#30555362)
Doesn't DOT 5 also have the issue of not working as well with ABS due to compressible nature of the fluid?