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BEVs almost never need new brakes. Regenerative braking means you rarely use the brake. There are only two times the actual physical brakes are applied: high speed deceleration and parking. And if you're doing the former that frequently you are a menace.

Mechanical issues are not maintenance. The drive train on a EV is so simple that manufacturers have to invent new tools and procedures. EV techs are more likely to have an electrician or computer background than a auto mechanic background.



> BEVs almost never need new brakes.

Prius owners would like to have a talk. Their brakes got rusted and seized because they were using regen braking instead. All BEVs using brake discs will have this problem. Also the reason why VW used drum brakes in their ID.3


your comments on the brakes are just straight up false.


Which part is false?

Tell that to shitty, billionaire internet troll: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1078010341651492865


https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/nfw6ls/break_p...

why say things that are so easily falsifiable?




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