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Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold | Electrek (electrek.co)

submitted 9 months ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

From the article:

this data doesn’t adjust for the age of the vehicles. Older gas-powered cars fail at a higher rate than the new ones and electric vehicles are obviously much more recent on average.

Their data and the article's title are highly misleading. No shit a year old tesla is going to be more reliable than a 20 year old toyota corolla. You need to compare cars of a similar age, before you can come to a firm conclusion.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

20 year old Corolla that might not have been maintained very well also.

[–] 8uurg@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do keep in mind that in Europe there are often required checks whether a car is 'roadworthy', in Norway this seems to be a biannual check: so you cannot really skip maintenance to the extent that that would be a huge factor.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That is a good point but that only is for the mobility of the car, they don't check if the motor is going to be running properly in 5 mins. So if the alternator dies, it's not like they checked it. They're making sure the car is safe to basically drive and crash. Rust and proper suspension and brakes/tires.