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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by brailsafe on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:12PM (#30648042)
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

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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by Retric on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:20PM (#30648088)
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.

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