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Originally Posted by Cobound
I laugh when I hear "they sure don't make them like they used to"...on anything, much less vehicles, cuz you're right, they make them better...and they tend to last a lot longer  |
That quote is so misapplied now. Some stuff is definitely built much better, with longer life spans and more features.
But some stuff is being built to a price point that used to be built to last, with the ability to service anything essentially long gone. Are there any tv or vacuum repair stores anymore? I don't know of any by my area. Just go buy a new one when it breaks!
To me, the question will be will we find the EVs in the long term harder to service, so they may last longer in their service life before needing repair, only to then become unusable at the first failure whereas a gas engine'd vehicle could have been repaired?