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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles
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Aren't you afraid you will need to change the (ICE) motor? Those are costly and tend to fail more often than batteries, you know?
Yeah, some of us have skills others don't. You'd not want to ride a car where I've swapped the engine, I'll tell you that.
My comment is, however, a paraphrase on the two most common questions regarding EVs. From people who doesn't, unlike you, know how to change a transmission. If ICE cars are as unreliable compared to EVs as alluded to in the article, then EVs should be considered the safe and reliable option...