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EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 5 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

I’m sure we can make our cars last just as long if we clamp the screws tighter and ensure no one can afford to buy a new car.

doubtful, if you look at the differences between a lot of soviet engineering and a lot of western engineering, the western engineering is often much nicer, but also rather temperamental in terms of long term maintenance. It's certainly possible, but it's just a different design meta. Especially if we're talking modern western equipment, which is designed to be "service life only"