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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by saiya-jin on Monday October 03, 2022 @04:10AM (#33064758)
Electric cars don't age in same way as mechanic/based ones which we had 100 years to perfect. People buy those used cars from other countries because any skilled mechanic in dirt poor country can repair most of it, dismantle engine to last screw. And nobody is importing a Maserati for example.

I don't see this happening in EVs, at least not current generations. On super-proprietary cars like Tesla probably never.

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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by fragmede on Monday October 03, 2022 @05:14AM (#33065120)
Electric cars are made of the same metal and plastic that ICE cars are so we'll see. Wireless technology already allowed Africa to leapfrog over some of the mistakes of the west. EV vehicles backed by solar and stationary batteries may let them leapfrog again.
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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by thesmok on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @09:19AM (#33079919)
It absolutely happens with EVs as well. I’m Ukrainian, here people have been importing totaled cars from US for years, including a lot of Nissan Leafs and Teslas. Some businesses restoring those totaled Teslas grew from a garage shop into large and successful enterprises.
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Re:Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs by _ph_ on Monday October 03, 2022 @04:24AM (#33064837)
I think this is a myth in several ways. First of all, modern ICE cars are anything but easily repairable with their complex exhaust treatment and turbo chargers. They are very delicate machinery and won't be on the roads for 40 years like cars from the 80ies might be.

And then, electric cars seem to be pretty easily repairable. Just look at all the home-built electric conversions. Or the guy who builds new Teslas out of totalled ones.

I think it is even the other way around. There was a startup in Germany which designed a small electric truck with Africa in mind. Basic, cheap, not only repairable but designed to be assembled by the customers. This is way cheaper to do with electric technology then with combustion engines.

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