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Originally Posted by Slava
It's definitely me being caught up in anecdotal evidence, but my brother bought an electric motorcycle and this happened. I was super envious in the beginning, but now not as much! With a gas bike you could limp it home or to help, but with the electric you have no option aside from a tow. Like I say its purely anecdotal and could be just bad luck...hard to know for sure.
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I don't see the logic here. Anything that you can limp home with, generally doesn't exist in an electric vehicle. (Brakes and tires exculded#
If it wasn't there in the first place, you won't have to limp home with it. EV's have fewer part so break down can only be a serious issue.
I manage a fleet of 18 vehicles. The stuff that we limp home is ancillary items like: leaky water pump, starter going bad, spark plug blown out...
The stuff that needed a tow: seized engine, transmission failure, ignition computer module, oil cooler leak, brake failure, oil pan leak
You will still have major systems fail in an electric vehicle.... But the advantage I see is that we won't be fixing as many things.
Also, a 350km range is fine for a taxi or delivery service purpose.. or even commuting to work.
This guy has a wild economic arguements for EV.
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