How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operator in the US

Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato... by SmellTheGlove on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @01:33PM (#40134655)

I’ve owned 3 cars in my life, one of them driven into the ground, one high mileage and given away when we moved to the city, and the third we still own. A transmission is the one thing I’ve never had to fix. Now that’s just me. Obviously transmissions do fail, but I’d bet in aggregate, it’s not nearly the most pressing issue. But it is the second most complicated set of moving parts in the car, so when it goes, it’s not cheap.

All that said, electric cars really shine in city driving. No transmission to go, and regenerative braking to save the pads. It’s valid to call it out if that’s your use case like these Amazon trucks.

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Re:How Amazon Became the Largest Private EV Charging Operato... by LeafItAlone on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @06:16PM (#40138011)

A lot of the major cars makers have had years of bad transmissions. Just Google “ transmission failure class action” with manufacturer names and you’ll see how many settle. But not all years and not at the same time across manufacturers, so it’s easy to miss bad ones.

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