Featured EVs have fewer repairs?

Not in the Common Wealth since the Sunday Mail was sued by Sudbury for slander. <GRINS>

Bob Wilson

 

Not so, gear oil is also present, but it tends to be treated as a lifetime fill.

Also, smog checks aren't wear items, but they are expenditures related to the legal operation of the vehicle in the areas where they're required.

 

It has to do with the large investment Toyota made into the entire production line for NiMH batteries, and they like to squeeze their investments dry. Just look to the Yaris and Corollal models in the US. They were and still are using 4 speed automatics for years after the competition switched to more efficient models, and their engines are dated in terms of technology the company has available.

BASF had an announcement a few years ago now that NiMH has room for improvement. The main hurdle for it is cost. The required nickel simply costs more than lithium. To everyone except for perhaps Toyota, Li-ion is cheaper than NiMH at this point in time. maybe BASF will come through with what they say, but that won't change the fact that nickel is simply a rarer element here on Earth.

 

We'll I've got my spare Gen-1 pack stored with the Kugerands.

Bob Wilson

 

The only real measure it lifetime maintenance costs...or at least 10 or 12 years.
But we don't have that much data yet on EVs.

Mike