Are EVs more or less reliable than gas cars? We have a bunch of golf carts at my work and they've never had issues. They've got to be decades old. So how does a scaled up golf cart have so many issues? I've read conflicting sources, some say they're more reliable some say less reliable.Asking because I want picrel because honestly all I need is a golf cart to get around town. It does snow though so maybe a bad idea?
Hello, tourist>reliableCars are more than just upscaled golf carts.Reliability doesn't just mean the powertrain, it can mean random sensors failing, rattling panels, infotainment glitches, etc., that can make a car overall less reliable or usable.What you should also really be concerned with is the cost to fix these failures.Fundamentally, an EV's powertrain is probably more reliable than a gas car's powertrain, because the rate of failures may be less in a system with fewer moving parts, but it also depends on the manufacturer and the model.And doing powertrain related work yourself on an EV is basically impossible, and it can get pretty expensive.>all I need is a golf cartChevy Bolt or Nissan Leaf are probably what you're looking for.
>>28596234Those options don't seem very utilitarian. This is a convertible and has a truck bed for light loads.
>>28596239Then buy it when it comes out lmao Not sure what to tell you, you said you wanted a golf cart, but actually you need something that needs a truck bed and is utilitarian?
>>28596246I also mentioned my first concern was reliability and you recommended a Chevy Bolt and Nissan Leaf. The Bolt I've had to drive for work and it had major issues, the Nissan is a Nissan.
>>28596218reliability is good as long as its not a meme or chinese brand. tesla is meme btw...brother just got a well used early berlingo van ev, range ca 50-70km. said van was used by an hifi fanatic that sold and setup systems all over norway, he got new motors and battery on warranty after 200 000km then sold it to my brother who now barely drive 10km/week.
>>28596218They're inherently more reliable by design in a long term usability sense but less reliable in a day to day sense because makers fill them to the brim with stupid overengineered gizmos to make them seem more futuristic and luxurious to normies. I have a Tesla and in 5 years and 70k miles it's never ever needed any kind of regularly scheduled maintenance. But the stupid automatic motor operated charging port door has broken twice. It could just be a regular normal door with a hinge and you push it to pop it out like any other car but that's not "cool"and EVs need to be "cool'l"
>>28596218>Asking because I want picrel because honestly all I need is a golf cart to get around town.>>28596239>Those options don't seem very utilitarian. This is a convertible and has a truck bed for light loads.It sounds like you have zero idea what you want at all, so no option will make you happy anyways. Go buy a Corolla Hybrid, it's perfect for the people who just need basic transportation or are too indecisive to even know what they want.
>>28596279Imagine having to junk your car because the motor on the fuel cap is dead, no parts available, and the ecu cannot be overridden to ignore the open fuel cap error blocking operation.Slight exaggeration, but entirely plausibleAlso, the cooling systems on EV are pretty complex and hard to get at. It's not a maintenance free power trainFinally, I would not want a chink battery inside my home, fitted by some fly by night charging company, next to where my family sleep.
>>28597131Yeah too bad there's no manual override that completely invalidates this ideaOh wait there is
>>28597131inside the fantasy mind of an ICE shill
>>28597131It's not that EVs inherently suck it's that corporate America made sucky versions of them. The Slate is an attempt to regress back to bare bones, a literal enclosed golf cart. No complex shit to break or cause errors, hopefully.
>>28597142>>28597155Alright Moshe/ranjeet, I'm feeling chatty so I'll respond.Jeetcode, planned obsolescence, and proprietary software are huge issues for modern motorists. EVs are particularly susceptible. The OP asked if EV were reliable. My response details the risk of the car BRICKING itself due to a minor fault, such as a solenoid.I'll stick to a 12v system with a stand alone open source ECU.>>28597251I'd welcome that. It's the unelected bureaucrat Jews that ruin the car market more so than the auto companies, themselves.Emmissions and safety regulation is absolutely ridiculous, considering the West imports millions of third worlders a year (how does that affect the carbon footprint?) and people can ride motorcycles or even walk in front of a car while fixated on a phone (heaps safe)In Africa, you can still buy brand new carburettor vehicles, why can't we have that?I'm not inherently against EV, I just don't like how it's clearly a tool to reduce the populations mobility. What's the first thing Isis bought? Not weapons, but Toyota light pick up trucks.
>>28596279It's fortunate then that the slate doesn't have anything extra. Doesn't even come with a sound system or power windows.
>>28596239How are hatchbacks not utilitarian? Little suvs/cuvs like the slate are just hatchbacks in stilts. Although the bed would be useful if you need to transport something dirty or big.
>>28596218The power train itself is reliable, but the rest of the car usually isn't as reliable.
>>28596218>twenty five thousand earth dollars*>*(with subsidies)>manual windows
>>28597753We are also assuming that the rest of the slate truck is built good and it isn't some bullshit Chinese EV where the battery is fine but the car itself is garbage regardless of how stripped down it is.
>>28597769It's made in the US, but the motor is chinese.
>>28597768Once dumpf is gone we can get the EV credit back and it'll be under 20k. He just had to spite jewlon.
>>28597543"brown hands typed this" is becoming stale and cringe as fuck. Same as "ai slop".
>28597885you just know
>>28597881>EVs are only desirable when heavily discountedNo shit
>>28597881>twenty thousand earth dollars>*(with even more subsidies)>manual windows
>>28596246It's not coming out.
>>2859888920k is cheap for a new car, especially an EV. 25k is not, they'll lose out to basic sedans. You can probably get these cheap used by people who end up not liking them.
>>28599085I'm not spending twenty thousand dollars to manually roll my windows up and down.
>>28599192Then install the auto roller option. There are 2 windows that roll, it's not that big adeal.
>>28596218That piece of shit has automatic braking which are notorious for malfunctioning and just slamming on the brakes randomly because they "detected" something. Some other gay safety feature too, I closed the video and yelled PIECE OF SHIT when I heard that.
>>28597251>hopefullyI'm too old to be hopeful about anything
