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minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoI wonder if it possible to design a maintenance free car, and if the market would even reward it. It’d take the consumers a decade to even notice that they didn’t need any maintenance.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoThey probably can build an EV that is maintenance free, except for the batteries wearing down. Electric engines are very reliable because they are relatively simple.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoMain issues with the electric motors are leaks. An air-cooled motor would probably last much longer, at least in a moderate climate. Issue is EVs tend to have powerful motors so they need cooling.
minus-squarecmbabul@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoToyota has done this but they stopped making the original line of those unkillable pickup trucks long ago
I wonder if it possible to design a maintenance free car, and if the market would even reward it.
It’d take the consumers a decade to even notice that they didn’t need any maintenance.
They probably can build an EV that is maintenance free, except for the batteries wearing down. Electric engines are very reliable because they are relatively simple.
Main issues with the electric motors are leaks.
An air-cooled motor would probably last much longer, at least in a moderate climate. Issue is EVs tend to have powerful motors so they need cooling.
Toyota has done this but they stopped making the original line of those unkillable pickup trucks long ago