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Reduced maint on ecars is a meme. They still have brakes, axles, tires, coolant, etc.



> They still have brakes

Brake pads should last twice as long on an EV because the motor is used to recuperate energy. Here's a good braking demonstration with the Audi e-tron descending Pikes Peak:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k5wAaDZw1o


twice? You only need brakes on an EV to stay still at the lights or in an emergency brake. That is it. The brakes last well over the entire lifetime of the car.



They made an argument through extreme literal interpretation.




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