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Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sure. But so are your options with internal combustion. Maintain and replace (a lot of moving parts in that, with explosions). And if you're replacing an entire engine or an expensive part in an old car, you're going to buy a new one from the original manufacturer or try a second hand part?

Mind, I'm not talking about immediate warranty. I'm talking about 10+ yo cars. With at least 10k km yearly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I can buy oem parts for my 13 year old car easily (or at least the common stuff, realistically there's probably things that don't typically need replacing that are harder to come by but I haven't had an issue yet). Can the same thing be said for a Tesla? Or are you locked in to dealing with them for service.