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_carbyau_ 3 days ago

> The rest of the car almost certainly doesn't have 200,000 more miles in it, so who cares?

This what I find curious. It used to be cars were largely limited by their main driveline components. Now those components have been simplified. In a lot of the BYD cars it is literally the exact same driveline so for them it is almost commoditised.

My part of the world sees no snow or salt. So if the body is fine and the driveline is fine....

Why can't I run a car for a million miles and simply replace coils, struts, hubs, bearings, carpets, seats, the-tiny-electric-motors-that-drive-windows-and-seats-and-mirrors etc?

IE where is the electric version of the old landcruiser series?

lelandbatey 3 days ago | parent [-]

That's just "any electric car" as long as you're willing to replace the battery. Since the only thing in the drive train that moves is the electric motors (and contactors), any EV is way more mechanically simple than any internal combustion car.

The non reliable stuff is all the OTHER wiring/screen/software.