(12-05-2019, 12:58 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(12-04-2019, 05:53 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: How do you figure less maintenance?  About the only thing I can think of is no motor oil change.

What makes you think that an electric motor is unlikely to need work or maintenance done?  Ever hear of brushes or a stator?  Even if batteries are warrantied, what do you do to dispose of them? (lithium, not a conventional battery).

I'll stick with my gas-using F-150 and my diesel-using F-250.

I am pretty sure that the type of motors used in Tesla's and other plug-in vehicles have neither brushes nor a stator.
I am pretty sure that the whole thing is controlled by semiconductors. 
Semiconductors can deteriorate and break under heavy use, and they would probably be very expensive to replace. But they could also be rated to last longer than any other part of the car.

So I am a bit of a fan of Teslas and I watch this guy RichRebuilds on youtube. There are a lot of things that can go wrong on a Tesla, and a lot of thier parts break and require replacement. Tesla is similar to FCA in that the newest cars have more problems but get more reliable as the age of the model increases and R&D improves.

Also there is a company that uses Teslas as taxis basically and has several with 250k+ miles. It is not uncommon for the motors to fail before 100k and the replacement is very expensive (think 5k+). And if your battery needs replacement even a used one is like 15k. I am sure the aftermarket will address the batteries in the future and that cost will come down but the motors are a different beast.

Either way, they are not maitenance free, and have many of thier own issues with quality. Still cool, but most Tesla fanbois are extremely biased to the point of becoming propaganda in thier description of the vehicles.

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