I sometimes try to find an article I’m sure I read here at hacker news. It said something to the effect that the top ten wearables on a ICE car, measured by revenue in the auto shop market, don’t even exist on an electrical vehicle.
Well that’s hard to believe, unless you pedantically itemize every tiny little thing. For example, a single oil change typically requires a new oil filter, a new crush washer on the drain plug, oil, possible additives, and sometimes an air filter swap. So that’s five items right there, but we’re still talking only 20 minutes of work and $50 of maintenance.
Ye ... my experience with old cars is that the ICE is not the main time or money sink.
Thinks like drive axis, suspension parts, wheel bearings, brakes etc is common with EVs - and those fall apart.
The timing and generator belt headache is replaced by two selfdriven motors/pumps on EVs for the oil or water cooling system and servo. Hardly less mentainance and more expensive parts.
The main thing is that most EVs are new so most have not had their exposed systems beaten out of spec and turned into rust yet, I assume.
