Comments by "remliqa" (@remliqa) on "Upper Echelon"
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@harleymitchelly5542 Firstly, you do know that A) the "whompy wheels" problem only affects a few early productions and B) such "problems only occurred during him impacts crashes, crashes that would total any car and C) no longer an issue with currents Tesla. Your software problem doesn't take sense as even the earliest Tesla (Roadster and Model S) are still driveable today.
Secondly, if you do know as much about the Chinese EV section then you would know that most of their EV designs are locally made( Wuling Hongguang, BYD Dolphins etc )and are not copy any European or US analogous. If you do know about the Chinses scene as much as claim then you would also know that they lead world in BEV tech in many ways such over 60% of Chinese EV used LFP chemistry which make them cheaper, safer (less prone t fire in of accident) and last longer lasting (at the expense of range) , BYD blade battery tech (which even impresses Tesla) and CTL(which is the largest battery company in the world) bein the first to implement new battery tech such as sodium batteries. People used to have your same attitude towards Korean and Japanese companies and look at where they're at now.
Thirdly, 220 and 500miles is more than enough to cover pretty much all short and mid range transport need. Considering that BEV are cheaper to maintain than ICEV, this would completely shut ICEV out of these markets. As for long range.. Do you know that laws in most countries limits how long as semi driver can drive? Even in the US they are not allowed to drive more than 11 hours (which must immediately come with a minimum 10 hours rest) a day This lead to the average US driver driving around 600miles (depending on speed limits). Couple with the fact that Tesla are building hyperchangers (that can charge these beast from empty to full in less than an hour at the expected routes make them more viable than you think.
I am willing to bet that edge case Volvo had more component/parts change in in first 300K mile than the same Tesla (lest that Volvo would be in a junkyard) and more expensive to maintain in the same time period. Again, the fact is BEV can drive longer than any ICEV without needing any part change. A BEV motor is rated to run for millions of miles on it own in theory/lab condition (though in real world condition the highest one so far is 780,000 km) and the a battery degradation isn't as bad (unless we're talking about early compliance BEV or the flawed Nissan Leaf) as you think based on real wold data . If we include part change like the Volvo you mentioned then there's is a Tesla there that have travelled more than 1 million mile (a 2014 Model S belonging to Hansjörg Gemmingen).
Again, what I said is based on thirds party real world data (based on battery and motor life) and not some "lab/theoretical values" that shows us what expect of Tesla (I can't say for other EV by other companies because unlike Tesla , there isn't enough third party data on their expected lifespans). That is why I do not bring Tesla Semi in to my arguments because they haven't come out yet and thus we do not know of their real world performance .
The current generation BEV only need to be more sustainable in comparison to the ICEV they are meant to replace and they are already achieving that goal. The other good thin is they are getting more sustainable with very passing year (thank to new improvement and the grid getting greener) , the same can't be said of ICEV. It is delusional to deny fact and evidence .
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