It's not consumers decision, it's a dealers mafia. If everyone on EV, you will not change oil and other gasoline attributes repairs. If you have hybrid, it's a cherry on the top, best of both worlds, pay for regular issues of gas and electric car combined :)

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sippingabonedry 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Lol @ all the "maintenance free" EV owners, can't wait for their dilapidated shitboxes to fall apart in 5 years time because they've never been serviced. Many get away with it because they lease them.

Most EV owners don't even know there is a cabin air filter or how to change it, then go on Reddit and YouTube to complain their EV smells like mold and cat piss. It's insane how uninformed some of them are, they act like it's newfound knowledge that you need to fill the windshield washer fluid (which they boast about filling with tap water, or paying $100 to special order magical OEM Rivian fluid instead of a $2 jug at Walmart).

	▲	xedrac 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Neglecting a cabin air filter isn't going to make your EV fall apart. You can neglect that on an ICE too. Imagine how much worse these people would have it with an ICE vehicle - neglecting oil changes, oil filter, brake fluid, radiator coolant, air intake filter, spark plugs, valve cover gasket, power steering fluid, putting the wrong gas in, topping off with the wrong oil, etc...
	▲	maxdo 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I own my EV for 6 years+ already, still runs like new. Yeah, I do not know how to change my air filter, someone in my family changed it, and I only been in service once when my 12 volt battery died. I was able to drive there, they did some breaks fluid change for free and thats it, meanwhile my friend with a bmw spent ~$2.5k in service since 3 years he bought it. The only expense I had is changing tires, that i did in a regular tire shop. Yeah keep laughing.
	▲	fumar 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Are you saying EV owners are new to car ownership? Do you have sources for your claims? I have a hard time following your logic.