From my understanding, a lot of repairs with EV’s, the majority of trouble faults can be diagnosed through code & software fluency pinpointing to the specific problem, but it’s necessary to have technician(s) who are versed in electrical tracing and schematic readouts.
Yes, good point. It goes back to every part of the world a little bit different, and smaller garage sometimes they have mechanics stunted in their skill set growth as technology changes, because they don’t have the budget to send their technicians to the necessary training to continue to develop and learn. It’s also a problem here in North America where they (Smaller independent shops) can work on traditional vehicles, but when you start crossing in more intricate levels of electronic control modules, onboard diagnostics, they don’t have the technical acumen to diagnose, where it also requires a dealership hub, that have more specific tools that only they can diagnose with. Therefore, it forces out the ‘little shops’ where they can’t stay relevant. However, sometimes I wonder if these smaller, more independent shops, they don’t have any interest in training technicians on current EV technology, they’re not affected by these changes that are just now really in the beginning stages of growing the EV trend.
Laptop batteries are different to electric car batteries. Most come with an 8 year warranty so will last much longer than a laptop battery. But the resale value is a concern for sure. But we have to do something to save the environment. We can no longer just stick our head in the sand and say it’s ok.
That's absolutely and completely false. They already last 100s of thousands of miles and will only get better.
Especially if the car is not drivable (or is your only car). Personally my cars get to be dealt with at the dealership. Yes you pay more. But sometimes it’s the lesser of two evils. Depends on the age of your car as well of course.
I’ve had good and bad experiences with dealers and the garage down the road as well. Truth is far ownership just costs.I haven’t had a very good experience with the dealerships I’ve dealt with in the past to be honest so I don’t even think the premium they charge is that justified. Volkswagen were really disorganised and kept my car longer than needed, Audi put the wrong mileage in the service history and MOT on the A4 I have now and it took over 18 months to rectify and they overcharged for work that wasn’t done. Admittedly this was before I owned the car but I know the previous owner. Peugeot had our 3008 back in September for 4 days to replace a microphone for the hands-free because they ‘forgot’ to do the job on consecutive days despite us ringing for regular updates multiple times a day lol. You can probably see why I wouldn’t pay £700 to have the cam belt changed at Audi when the garage down the road is far more competent and over £400 cheaper. I think you get what you don’t pay for
You’re right it does depend on the age of the car. Unless the work is free within warranty, avoid a dealer is my advice.
I was referring to the east coast of NC/VA. Lol.And the popo sit right at the top of the big hill coming out of NC on I-77. Speed limit in NC is 70, but in VA on that section it is 65. People driving with their CC set at 77 or so get popped all day long.
In WV, there are no points for 10 over on a 4-lane. So most people drive 75-78.
Back when I first got married in the early 90's, we needed to go to Atlanta for a conference. Borrowed the parent's S-Class. Told the wife that once we passed Chattanooga on I-75, if we weren't doing 95+ we were a house. She didn't believe me...........
Not only that, but a lot of third party body repair shops for physical damage, won’t even look at electric vehicles for repair estimates, because they have such specific parts that they don’t have access to and/or have such limited availability, which means that the EV has to go through direct to a dealership for all accountability.
If you mean the lead-acid batteries in ICEV, then maybe but that is certainly not true of EV batteries. Other than the first gen Leafs without battery management, current battery designs have been lasting at least 8-10 years for most EVs and likely longer. Some of the newer designs like LFP will probably last even longer. Battery tech is a hot research area a the upcoming chemistries may be able to reach 20+ years and will be using little to no cobalt and similar conflict minerals.
Tesla Model 3 Long Range warranty: https://www.tesla.com/model3
Electrical malfunctions apply to both EV's and vehicles with internal combustion engines alike. The only difference is that the mechanic who works with vehicles that have internal combustion engines has to know about both the engine and the electrical systems, while the mechanic who works with EV's alone does not need to know about internal combustion engines. In fact, the "troubleshooter" who connects the appropriate scanner or computer to the vehicle looks for and records malfunction codes, and in some shops that person is often not the one who is performing the repairs. Just look at the sophisticated electronics used in F1 vehicles where a lot of the systems are used on both EWV's and F1 cars (ABS, traction/stability, TPM, ECU, regenerative braking, and so on).
In order to increase an EV's HP the battery has to be more dense (more cells added), which in turn increases the battery dimensions, and weight. The battery alone can weight from 900 pounds (very small EV) to perhaps 1,800 pounds ( search for, Tesla battery weights). There are very powerful engines, some which may be heavy, but one gallon of gasoline weights around 6 pounds. It means that an ICE automobile can be lighter than a dimensionally similar EV, and still double the driving range. Why? Because gasoline is very dense compared to electricity. This is the primary reason why fuel is used in aircraft instead of batteries (less bulk and weight, plus long travel ranges without refueling). A very simple example: compare the drive range of an electric Mini Cooper to an ICE mini cooper. Both weight about the same, but the ICE one has a long road-drive range.
Yes and no. EV's are heavy compared to ICE cars, agree. As to HP, well Tesla Model S Plaid with 3 electric motors produces around 1100 HP and I believe Lucid Air is either equal to or a smidge better in the HP department. Understand that those ferocious F1 cars produce that HP using very special fuel and also operate at outrageous RPM. Pulling smoothly away from a stop light probably isn't their forte. Now as to range, ie efficiency between EV and ICE you have to look at apples to apples sort of. The EV may not be the exact twin of the ICE vehicle as manufacturers go to great length's to "tune" them for aero and tires etc but "dimensionally similiar" may be more akin to "class" of vehicle. Here's an example from CARGLANCER regarding the efficiency of EV vs ICE. An ICE vehicle may be 40% efficient compared to an EV that are close to 90% (remember they do get a return from regen braking).
Has ANY Tesla done hundreds of thousands of miles on the original batteries yet? Their own warranty covers 70% capacity over 8 years (so in line with most laptop/phone batteries as I stated.) The Model S is only 10 years old, so there is no data to support claims they will last longer yet...
