Motors are usually not a wear item, control units also don't usually wear out assuming you buy the car from a reputable company.
Well Mercedes Benz is already offering a level 3 certification on driver assist in Nevada and should be certified for California. VW is rolling out a $25,000 ev (not sure how) this year. Tesla engineers have been yanked over to Twitter to try to fix the dumpster fire that it is. You keep stating that Tesla is so far ahead (for how long). Just about every crackpot idea recently has been musks idea. The "yoke" the Tesla store is sold out of steering wheels it is so bad. Engineers at Tesla tried to explain to the Musketeer that removing radar was stupid ah but the big giant head thought otherwise. Engineers saw an increase in accidents after the supposedly "intelligent cameras" took over. Face it the head engineer of Tesla's fsd and autopilot have jumped ship as have many of their other top talent. Elon has run his course, he will be the downfall of the company. In 1979 Atari owned 79% of the home console market. Where are they now?
Tesla will sell more cars in the US in Q1 than MBZ and BMW combined.
You are correct, however that doesn’t stop them from failing and requiring replacement.
He did even better than that. A series called the cars that made America showed that the big reason cars weren't taking off en mass was due to reliability. They were fast as everyone who built a car showed off its performance. Henry Ford had some investors come out and see his comparison to the Winton motor car. Winton was the largest seller of vehicles with 15 or more a year at $2,000 a piece. The Winton jumped to the lead, but after an hour a wiring harness shorted ending his lead while Ford continued to drive on.
According to Barron's and Forbes
That doesn't stop ICE engine and transmission, ECU etc from failing on gas car either. Solution: buy reliable and affordable models.
Here are some other questions to consider:
VAG uses a engine ECU in their electric vehicles as a master for the two drive motors.
Depends on the vehicle.
I do mean VAG, it’s what I see every day so can comment from a first had perspective. Just like you know a lot about everyday life with a Tesla.
Once the electric starter showed up, steam and battery vehicles dissapeared fairly rapidly. Look at Porsche's pdk gearbox. Ed Bolian and a few others said years ago once it (PDK) became available that Porsche would go from 80-90% manual transmission sales to 25-30% and that's exactly what happened. It shares alot of components with the 7spd manual transmission which reduces cost but can shift ultra quick. It still has a clutch connected to the engine unlike a torque converter and can be driven in automatic or manual mode.
1) It is not
This is because VAG is trying to save R&D cost (and risk) by using extra parts to build an EV. It is a reasonable strategy and most would have no problem with that until the volume is larger.
I am not a fan of comparing bad apple (CVT) to bad orange (air cooled battery) and say which one is better than the other. The only conclusion I get from that comparison is Nissan isn't good with either.
Well we also have to define the failure.
Right, most would say the warranty claim limit (around 80% of original) is reasonable, but for older cars people may tolerate something like 60% or 40% if the price is right.
The truth.
Fill size trucks that use high-strength steel in their frame: Crease it and it needs a frame. No pulling, sectioning, or welding is acceptable. Creased frame = Replacement frame (and that's usually enough to write the whole thing off). Brad DeBerti just did a project on one of these on his YouTube channel. 3 week old 2023 Sierra HD Denali ($85,000+) purchased from a Copart auction that was totaled because it needed a frame:
The Corvette that was totaled by a piece of concrete on the highway. Frame damage that GM says is unrepairable and any attempt (welding) would compromise the structural integrity of the car:
This Corvette Was Totaled Thanks to One Microscopic Crack
It might not look like much, but one-inch of damage was enough to write off an entire Corvette.www.roadandtrack.com
And most reputable shops would not want to assume the liability associated with repairing a vehicle outside of OEM guidelines.
