[PaulDavisThe1st]

Just for reference, I've had a Honda Fit for 13 years, and the only maintainance I've had done over what you no doubt had to do on your TM3 (tires, wiper blades) has been oil changes. The car has 164k miles on it.

I'm not saying the EV's are not theoretically more durable and (much) less maintainance-intensive. I am saying that the best of the best ICE vehicles are not as different as your observation about your own TM3 tries to suggest.

[kingnothing]

You're supposed to do more maintenance than that on your Honda Fit, such as spark plugs every 30k. Granted, it isn't much compared to other ICE cars, but you're downplaying the difference. Your car also has parts that frequently break on all ICE cars, such as a water pump, which simply don't exist on BEV cars.

https://www.normreeveshuntingtonbeach.com/honda-fit-maintena...

[PaulDavisThe1st]

> Your car also has parts that frequently break on all ICE cars,

Well, theoretically yes. The point is that saying "my TM3 has 25k miles and zero maintainance" is worse than anecdata. It's no better than saying "My Fit has had almost zero maintainance at 164k miles". Far better to list the parts and systems not found in an EV, possibly along with likely maintanance schedules.

The spark plugs on the Fit are likely failing right now, btw.

[Sohcahtoa82]

> Your car also has parts that frequently break on all ICE cars, such as a water pump, which simply don't exist on BEV cars.

This isn't true. Tesla batteries are liquid cooled. When supercharging, you can hear the fan blowing on the radiator.

[gambiting]

I have a Volkswagen BEV(an e-Up) and it absolutely has a water pump - it pumps coolant around the charger.