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Old October 4th 17, 01:18 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Davoud[_1_]
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Default Is Elon Musk ready for the straitjacket ?

Chris L Peterson:
Electric cars are mechanically simpler and therefore easier to
repair (although like all electronics, these days that essentially means
board swaps). When there are enough electric cars, there will be
more mechanics who can deal with them than mechanics who know what
to do with a gasoline vehicle. In 20 years most of the cars on the road
will be electric.


Paul Schlyter:
Wouldn't that require electricians rather than mechanics? You don't
call a plumber to fix a problem with the electricity in your house,
do you? The same ought to apply to electric cars, just as it already
applies to electric trains and trams.


That's a distinction without a difference. Does the world have to be
black and white? An electric vehicle is an electromechanical machine.
In the event of failure of an electric car motor the same person will
disassemble the motor (mechanical task) and repair it (possibly an
electrical task). I successfully maintained sophisticated electronic
equipment for years, but I was not an electronics technician. I knew
how to operate certain diagnostic devices and I knew how to swap
boards, and that was enough.


BTW, practically anyone who has owned a Prius or other electric or
hybrid vehicle for 11+ years as I have will tell you that mechanical
and electrical faults are quite unlikely. You'll be replacing brakes
and wiper blades, starting batteries and drive belts.

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