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Originally Posted by HVA7mm
I'm thinking that EV's are designed for average conditions in most developed countries, not perfect conditions. The same argument could be used about vehicles using internal combustion engines being designed for perfect conditions (what if it throws a rod, what if the fuel pump fails, the starter piles up, head gasket leaks etc) There are any number of things to go wrong with gas/diesel powered vehicles and render them useless. Its just that vehicles using internal combustion engines have had a century head start to become as reliable as they are now (for the most part), and the same amount of time to get them to a competitive price pont (for the most part).
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Electrics have been around for just as long as internal combustion engines in vehicles. Not exactly new technology.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist...ectric_vehicle
Time will tell how reliable the new vehicles will be. Anything can fail. Electronics fail as easily as anything else.