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by gwbas1c 2488 days ago
You don't understand the difference.

Just look at the cost of brakes. An ICE car will need them every 30-60k miles depending on various factors, but an electric car will need them every 100-200k miles.

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People do understand the difference, my household drives around 3000 miles per year, so telling me that a brake change once every 10 years is important is kind of ridiculous.

It gets down almost entirely to personal behaviour.

Agreed. I just replaced my wife's brakes, rotors and pads, at a grand total of $350. The old pads probably had about 50% left after 50k miles.

If you don't tailgate and slam your brakes all the time, they last a long time, even on an ICE.