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Originally Posted by calumniate
Anyone know the typical maintenance costs of ev vehicles? I could only see it improving. The cell battery requires no oil changes etc, and power to the floor from a cell seems so much more simple compared to your typical gas engine
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I can't speak to electric cars, but in a presentation from BYD they talked about the typical bus powertrain having about 70k parts, and the EV equivalent having only 7k parts. So the cost savings to municipalities was significant.