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I've only had two ICE cars for a significant length of time, and each time I had to replace failed fuel pumps, both times they were located in the gas tank. They certainly seem to wear out more than rarely to me.

For well-engineered EVs, batteries are definitely not a wear item. Especially in a large-battery (i.e. >200mile range) EV, the battery will easily last over 200,000 miles before significant degradation.

You'll be happy to know that actual battery lifetimes for properly-engineered long-range EVs are similar or better than a typical combustion engine (i.e. over a half a million miles). For instance: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-battery-life-80-percent-capa... and https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1112465_tesla-model-s-d...

I owned one ICE car for a short time that had its timing chain break, destroying the (interference) engine after just over 100,000 miles.

In a properly engineered long-range (>200 mile) EV, the battery is less of a wear item than the engine in a typical ICE car.