Oct 15 2023, 12:33 PM
QUOTE(GoodMorningMY @ Jul 17 2023, 01:55 PM)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/...ecret-is-tires/
Electric Vehicle Maintenance Is Super-Cheap, But The Dark Secret Is Tires
Today I completed the annual maintenance on my 3.5 year old electric car. I refilled the wiper fluid and added a bit of air to the tires. That’s it. Except for two other things, that’s all I’ve done in the life of the car, though one of those things was a doozy.
The promise of the electric car is that it needs almost no maintenance. There are no oil changes or minor, regular and major service appointments. There are far fewer parts and fewer things to go wrong. In time, I’ll need new wiper blades and a few other minor things. Many drivers report their brake pads not wearing out after 200,000 miles because EV driving almost never uses the brakes.
I did change out the internal air filter to add a HEPA filter for the wildfire and Covid problems of today. That cost about $40 and a bit of time, and probably will need doing again 3 years later.
The doozy was needing new tires at around 28,000 miles. That was too early, far before their rated life. One reason for this was a stupid mistake on my part. In the past, I’ve taken my gasoline cars in for regular service, and they were rotating my tires as needed during this service. Not taking my EV in for service, I never got the rotation done. That not only meant the drive tires of my car wore out faster, it also meant I could not make a warranty claim on them. Lesson learned.
Don't forget you need to add in ur own charger at home that's already cost 8-9k. If base on Honda or Toyota new car, the brake pad cost maybe 1k for every 3-4 yrs depends on mileage. Car service, manufacturer give free for 5 yrs for some brands. I think you better do the math properly. Dont forget, your charger, EV battery, electronics that run the car will have wear and tear too. Your EV car you can only go back to the factory and the charges will cost u a bomb end of the day. To me EV car after warranty you can throw away, as for environment friendly....lets see how many EV car will throw in the waste land and hope many parts can be recycle thought. EV is like a phone, soon you'll have smaller, lighter, faster charging battery and cost less.Electric Vehicle Maintenance Is Super-Cheap, But The Dark Secret Is Tires
Today I completed the annual maintenance on my 3.5 year old electric car. I refilled the wiper fluid and added a bit of air to the tires. That’s it. Except for two other things, that’s all I’ve done in the life of the car, though one of those things was a doozy.
The promise of the electric car is that it needs almost no maintenance. There are no oil changes or minor, regular and major service appointments. There are far fewer parts and fewer things to go wrong. In time, I’ll need new wiper blades and a few other minor things. Many drivers report their brake pads not wearing out after 200,000 miles because EV driving almost never uses the brakes.
I did change out the internal air filter to add a HEPA filter for the wildfire and Covid problems of today. That cost about $40 and a bit of time, and probably will need doing again 3 years later.
The doozy was needing new tires at around 28,000 miles. That was too early, far before their rated life. One reason for this was a stupid mistake on my part. In the past, I’ve taken my gasoline cars in for regular service, and they were rotating my tires as needed during this service. Not taking my EV in for service, I never got the rotation done. That not only meant the drive tires of my car wore out faster, it also meant I could not make a warranty claim on them. Lesson learned.
This post has been edited by Suarez23: Oct 15 2023, 12:40 PM
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