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by akiselev 1176 days ago
>5. Reliability: Electric cars have many moving parts and can be more complex than gasoline-powered vehicles

That's definitely false. The transmission in an ICE powered car alone usually has more moving parts than the entire electrical power train: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Automati...

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Yep, when you pull out the ICE components the car becomes insanely simpler.

So much so that it takes much less staff and time to assemble an EV on a production line, which the unions are pissed about.

Also, dealers don't want to sell them because they need less repair and maintenance.

That's one of the reasons it is truly spectacular that Musk has had so many production problems, and terrible reliability ratings.