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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
MIL's XC40 Recharge got stuck in some sort of loop during an OTA update once and killed both the main vehicle battery and the +12V automotive battery. I couldn't open the door with the remote -- had to use the key blade, couldn't plug it in to recharge it -- it wouldn't even acknowledge it was plugged in, and guess what else depends on electricity: the ability to put the vehicle into neutral. 4,700 lb. garage ornament. Damn thing had to be winched out of the garage using plastic skates hammered under the tires.
Even though there's more crap on an ICE that can break, the cost to replace those individual parts is lower, provided it wasn't something like a timing chain that took the rest of the engine innards with it. With no user-serviceable parts in EV batteries, a failure means the complete replacement of a very, very expensive piece of equipment.
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Yeah....essentially my point.
If at some point down the life term of the vehicle one thing breaks and its either a massive cost or the whole thing is garbage, are we really saving the world here? Is this any better?
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