To save everyone a click:
Main breakdown causes for EVs in Germany in 2024: 12-volt battery: 50% Motor, Motor management, high-voltage system: 18% Tires: 13% Generator, Starter, Electrical System, Lighting: 10% Keys, Immobilizer: 3% Other: 5%
Main breakdown causes for combustion cars in Germany in 2024: 12-volt battery: 45% Generator, Starter, Electrical System, Lighting: 23% Motor, Motor management, high-voltage system: 10% Tires: 8% Keys, Immobilizer: 7% Other: 7%
What you didn’t mention but is the main part of the German article: In vehicles of the same age, combustion cars are more than twice as likely to break down as Evs.
12v battery bluetooth monitor was a great, cheap addition to my previous car. Not sure why something like that hasn’t been built in for decades.
It used to be. When I was a kid, my parents car and my uncle’s car both had a battery gauge on the instrument cluster. Fast forward to when I was 18 and I got my first car, imagine my surprise when it didn’t have one and I found out that basically no cars have one these days. I remember asking the dealer about it and just getting a blank stare.
This shouldn’t be a surprise. There are less moving parts. No oil changes, no transmission fluid (no transmission?), etc., etc…
There is a transmission and fluid.
Some EVs still have a gearbox with fluid in it, they just dont change gears but use it to set gear ratio and transmit power.
