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seanmcdirmid | on: I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy
The parts that wear out the fastest and are the hardest/costliest to replace are not all of those though. EVs still have parts wear for sure, BUT it is just in a different league when compared to ICE repairs.
utternerd | parent | next
I have a 20 year old civic that I have done nothing to other than oil change/air filter and brakes on (its my kid's car now). Sure the interior is falling apart, but it probably has at least another 100k left mechanically.
Scoundreller | root | parent
Same for a 20 year old Corolla. I'm embarrassed to admit I've never flushed the coolant or brake/steering fluids. Rear drums are OEM with under 50% wear. Did the pads. Rotors may have been replaced once.

Prophylacticly changed the spark plugs... but I think they were fine.

Had to change the wheel bearings which was a pain to diag and even more of a struggle to remove in the rust belt... which an EV won't get around.

EV might have saved me from a couple welder repairs on the exhaust and Macgyvering heat shields. And that $10 intake manifold gasket that always fails (2h shadetree job). Transmission ran dry a few times after a metal line rusted out. Bypassed with rubber hose and runs again like a champ.

I love it but will crumble like a cracker in a collision because rust (but still drive because 1zz-fe).

My similarly aged German car is way ahead on factory corrosion protection. Maybe the Japanese manufacturers have caught up but I won't know if/how far behind the Chinese manufacturers are for a decade or two.

tcbawo | parent | next
The average ICE will be working with a full range at ten years old. The same will not be true of EVs without a major investment in battery replacement.
R1D3R | root | parent | next
No chance an ICE vehicle can go 10 years without an oil change. Spark plugs, coils, fuel injectors, and filters will all degrade in that time, diminishing range.
bryanlarsen | root | parent | next
If you don't do an overhaul and replace your rings, a high milage ICE car will not have the same range as new.
Dylan16807 | root | parent | next
"full range" is a nonsense metric though. Different cars have different tank and battery sizes, and what matters is whether the range fits your needs.

All else equal, a range that degrades from 300 to 230 miles is better than a range that starts at 210 miles and stays there forever.

CamperBob2 | root | parent
The statistics aren't backing you up on this.
officeplant | parent
First major thing to wear out in my EV was the Air Conditioning Evaporator core after less than 3 years.

Never change Ford, never change.