Why won't I do any maintenance on my electric vehicle?
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
- -- Caller asks about maintenance on electric vehicles
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Of course car repair guys demonize electric vehicles. Have you ever been to a car repair shop that didn't have either Fox News, NASCAR or monster truck racing on their television in the waiting area?
I have a Hyundai Kona, in my part of the world the battery cooling fluid needs change at intervals (3 years or 60000 km). Also the emergency call battery needs replacement every 3 years. Also the air filter for the AC. The two latter applies also to ICE cars.
I've owned my Tesla for 5 years and the only maintenance I've done is tire rotation, wiper replacement and a cabin air filter. I fully expect the brakes to last the life of the car b/c of the regen braking. No oil changes, no emissions inspections.... I love it!
Servicing and such is sod all but the energy/fuel saving is nuts and if you can plug in at home then it's truly a no brainer. I'll use £'s but the numbers tell the story... Niece drives from the Wirral to Manchester and back for work, 5 times a week. It's about an 86 mile round trip so used a fair bit of gas/petrol over the week @ around £120-40 or, she said, ~£500 a month including the odd coffee. She put in a few quid but I got her a Renault Zoe for 4,000 (£) and a home charging point to charge on night time tariff. Her fuel/energy costs are now (3 months later) usually around the £135 mark, for the month. Month in and month out (so far)
I own 2 v8s and a tesla i use for a daily. Even though there's no real maintenance needed for right now, it is nice not having to remember to fill it up and just have a full battery every day plus its faster than both my V8s 😅
Pakman, as a Southern Conservative that listens to you frequently & hardly ever agrees with you, my man; on this point I totally agree!👍
I have a Volvo electric and the first service is 20,000 miles.
I drive my 8-year-old Tesla Model S with lifetime free charging and am still very satisfied with the car.
For EVs to be sustainable, batteries need to be modularized and standardized. Got a weak cell? Pull the defective module, grab one off the shelf for ~$1000, put it in, done. Same for physical damage. When a new battery chemistry or design comes along, you can upgrade your EV one module at a time, albeit with usable capacity and power curve limited by the weakest module.
We leased a Kia EV6 in December. Tesla was out of the question. Going from an ICE car to the EV6 was like going through a time warp. It's been perfect so far, however, it is going in for a recall item. And when you lease, the $7500 tax credit goes to the dealer, who pass it on to you, so it lowers the price for the lease right off the bat. It's the only way you can get the credit on a Korean car. If a dealer doesn't pass it on to you, walk away.
David is right in that ejectyric vehicles have very littke maintenance to do 🙄
That’s the beauty of EV, there is so much less maintenance and for the things you would do-brakes, you do them less frequently. No $2-500 oil changes; no transmission checks; no oxygen sensor replacements; the list goes on.
A standard floor jack, pair of jack stands and a Dewalt impact gun would probably set you back about $300 to be able for anyone to rotate their own tires.
There are less maintenance items on an EV but still quite a few things that depending on road conditions and mileage driven, do wear out. Tires, shock, suspension parts, brakes, windshield wiper blades etc. Tesla vehicle parts are generally more expensive and less commonly available than other American made and foreign made EV's but that situation is improving. Repairs to electrical systems and drivetrain require special training and equipment and best left to qualified service centers. The voltages can be very hazardous and not safe for anyone not specially trained.
Tools required for a tire rotation: Jack, and lug wrench.
Always good.
The biggest issue with electric cars is the cost of the battery. Their have been stories in the media where the cost of the battery exceeds the value of the vehicle forcing insurance companies to total them out due to the battery being damaged.
So, I imagine it about evens out on maintenance costs overall depending on how long you keep an electric car vs a gasoline car. The only difference is that the gasoline car has maintenance needed more often, but electric cars have less need for maintenance but it's much more expensive.
David, please elaborate on why you have decided to get away from the Tesla brand?