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EVs Are Far Less Likely To Break Down Than ICE Vehicles: Study (insideevs.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To save everyone a click:

Main breakdown causes for EVs in Germany in 2024: 12-volt battery: 50% Motor, Motor management, high-voltage system: 18% Tires: 13% Generator, Starter, Electrical System, Lighting: 10% Keys, Immobilizer: 3% Other: 5%

Main breakdown causes for combustion cars in Germany in 2024: 12-volt battery: 45% Generator, Starter, Electrical System, Lighting: 23% Motor, Motor management, high-voltage system: 10% Tires: 8% Keys, Immobilizer: 7% Other: 7%

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

What you didn't mention but is the main part of the German article: In vehicles of the same age, combustion cars are more than twice as likely to break down as Evs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

12v battery bluetooth monitor was a great, cheap addition to my previous car. Not sure why something like that hasn't been built in for decades.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It used to be. When I was a kid, my parents car and my uncle's car both had a battery gauge on the instrument cluster. Fast forward to when I was 18 and I got my first car, imagine my surprise when it didn't have one and I found out that basically no cars have one these days. I remember asking the dealer about it and just getting a blank stare.