Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle
by brailsafe on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:12PM
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That example is at best an anecdote. I had a car from the same year that required replacing the headlights multiple times a year, replacing the timing belt at around 100000km, electrical issues that were difficult to debug, etc..
It depends where you are, how well the car was designed, budget probably, luck
Sure some luck was involved, but talk to your parents about a car from the 1960’s. Making even 40k miles without any issues was practically unheard of.
Meanwhile breaking 100k miles without issue seems to be a 50/50 shot on several models.
Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle
by userbinator on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:50PM
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Name a single car actually produced that was both highly reliable as in ~150,000 miles before first non ware issue and easy to repair.
Look at fleet vehicles like taxis and police cars.
Electronics vastly simplify many many systems. Back when say trip odometers where fairly simple mechanical devices they where also yet another system that would eventually break. Building mechanical systems that can handle heavy vibration, large temperature swings, long lifespan, etc while being light, cheap, and easy to repair is difficult.
Unfortunately electronics just makes stuff less intuitive. The sensor can sit anywhere as long as it connects to the CAN bus so you don’t always have an easy to trace mechanical linkage etc etc.