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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm also interested to see how these hold up in the long run. I have a 2017 BMW ev and really the only maintenance has been tires and a cabin air filter. One of the main reasons I have avoided buying cars like a Porsche ICE vehicle is that, once you have purchased it, there are large, ongoing maintenance costs and it feels like I'm signing up for a subscription service for my vehicle. If these are fast, cheaper, and also have low ongoing costs I might be in. I'm also mildly concerned about all of the telemetry they gather. I would really rather have a dumb car that I can hook to my smart phone and display Open Street Map or something on it. Then I get to make my software choices to a greater extent.