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To: Red Badger

EV motors have less parts and therefore less failure modes than gas engines. Tesla’s really don’t have a transmission either so that’s another major subtraction of failure modes.

I talked to a guy who had a 2014 59000 mile Chevy 1500 with a 6.2 gas engine. The truck was like new. He was driving it to a dealership to trade it off on a new one. The engine blew up on the way. Valve spring broke and there was piston to valve contact and total destruction. New engine was 15k.


10 posted on 04/29/2025 6:35:30 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

So? Millions upon millions of cars have done this country just fine.


18 posted on 04/29/2025 6:47:17 AM PDT by CodeToad
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