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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th... by _hypx on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:56PM (#34540067)
5000 hours * 50 mph is 250,000 miles. That's plenty.
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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th... by theshrike79 on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:20AM (#34543515)
The hours start running from the second you start the car. You're not gunning it at 50mph for the full 5000 hours.
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Re:The president of Toyota will be replaced to accelerate th... by _hypx on Friday January 27, 2023 @03:05AM (#34543768)
That's utter nonsense. These things are rated at a specific power output. People have actually driven them to very high mileage and not seen such dramatic declines. Not to mention that these things degrade similar to batteries, with a slow reduction in power rather than sudden death.
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