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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss (www.autoexpress.co.uk)
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[–] 98 points 5 months ago (8 children)

The problem is that modern cars are shitty. It doesn’t matter if it’s a petrol, diesel or electric car. If I can’t repair it myself, it’s a poor quality car. The fact that you might need specialized paywalled software to remove error codes after fixing the car is just awful.

Most people I’ve spoken with that claim that they don’t like electric cars eventually agree that they don’t like modern cars. Mainly due to how closed everything is.

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  • [+] -10 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Repairing doesn't even really apply to evs. It's not like you bust out a wrench to fix your tv.

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    If a TV cost $60k, I'd bust out a wrench to fix it. It's usually a blown capacitor that costs pennies to fix.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    EVs still have a ton of shit that will invariably break and need repairing/replacement at some point. A huge amount stuff I've had to fix on my cars had nothing to do with the engine/transmission and are universal on road vehicles: Brakes, rust, wipers, plastic in direct sunlight, digital displays, head lights, dozens of belts and motors that run on tracks, mechanical doors, AC.

    Most of which can be repaired with a stop at parts store and a couple of common tools IF the manufacturer hasn't locked it behind some bullshit security bolt or a lockout chip.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Doesn't the door opening mechanisms on Tesla's famously break all of the time?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    No.

    • historically there were reliability issues with the self-presenting handles on model s and model x, which they redesigned, but now are stopping production of
    • by far the most produced are their model 3 and y, which are NOT self-presenting. You press in one side for the other side to pop out so this has never been an issue
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