Post by @spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works

@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works

2026-10-04 23:41 UTC

We have been wanting an EV (something other than a Swasticar) for our next vehicle and think we could deal with the extended charging times required during a long drive or trip, but we ended up ruling it out. For us the big problem is the difficulty getting parts and service. Service for the models we looked at is only available at dealers (and only some dealers), and parts are regularly not in dealer stock. We really don’t want to risk taking a cross-county trip and having the car break down 200 miles from the nearest mechanic. With the additional real possibility of having to wait weeks (or months) for a part, an EV is not an appealing choice for us, at least not yet.

Replies (6)

@psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2026-10-05 01:21

The only time i seen a new EV breakdown is due to…that 12v battery. It usually happened around 2 or 3 years down. Other than that i still haven’t seens any EV breakdown yet. Also for the part availability, logically newly released car tend to not having part laying around because logically no one will expect a new car to break down and waste a storage space for it, so no matter what car you buy it will be the same. But if a new car(released only 2 to 3 years) have parts widely available, then logically speaking, is that car still reliable?

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@CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-05 01:14

How often are you taking cross country trips on the spur of the moment? Take the advantages of owning an EV and then just rent something for the trip.

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@Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 2026-10-05 02:13

You guys don’t have insurance? If my car breaks down away from home, I can get a rental brought to me so I can continue my trip while my car gets fixed.

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@kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 2026-10-05 06:28

I think the reason they don’t have spare parts is because the motors are less complicated and, in theory, will need fewer replacement parts. An ICE motor is like 10,000+ moving parts, an electric motor is like 300 moving parts. They’re an order of magnitude less complicated.

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@jerakor@startrek.website 2026-10-05 01:00

My biggest problem with my EV is that I was stupid to get the service pack as it never has any service needs. Breaks last twice as long. No oil changes. No critical fluids other than wiper fluid. The easiest to fail part is the 12v battery which is standard for any car. If something hard to replace fails it is going to be a sensor and I've had that happen on a gas car before and no one had it in stock because no one stocks random sensors.

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@Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 2026-10-05 07:52

Better not drive a car at all…

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