Easy. No sane mechanic will work on the things. Let the EV worshippers go to the dealer and spend $500 an hour plus $1000 a day storage fee. These stupid cars are disposable. The battery tech will MAYBE last 8 years. My old beater is 22 years old now and still only needs the usual consumable and oil changes. After 22 years one would have already been forced to buy 3 EVs. And wait until everyone is charged a “recycling fee” that costs more than the batteries do.
Good times...
My old beater is 22 years old now and still only needs the usual consumable and oil changes. After 22 years one would have already been forced to buy 3 EVs. And wait until everyone is charged a “recycling fee” that costs more than the batteries do.
Good times...
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Agree 1000%. 1984 Chevy C10, 1999 Chevy Express conversion van, 2001 Lincoln Town Car. Wife-mobile is a 2016 Toyota Corolla got when she retired....only car we ever bought “new” in 30+ years of marriage. The Corolla eats front struts if you live in a rural area and drive gravel/dirt roads regularly.
A bonus on EV’s: wait until they are banned from public parking garages due to structural damage(weigh too much) and risk of collapsing a garage.
The biggest REAL problem with Teslas are the fact that you cannot simply replace a battery cell. I’ve has 3 Priuses make it past 15 years. (I’ve sold 2 of them in fine working condition.) The batteries haven’t needed replacing, but individual cells in the batteries have. It’s pretty inexpensive, actually. But I understand you can’t do that with a Tesla.
I gather it’s no coincidence you say ‘MAYBE eight years,’ since that’s exactly how old the oldest Teslas are... AND how long the batteries are guaranteed to last. What you therefore SHOULD say is “AT LEAST eight years.”