On 29 May 2022 at 11:54, Michael A. Radtke via EV wrote: > I use the [Imiev] nearly every day and depend on it. I also realize that > it is approaching end of life and there is nothing on the market that, > in my opinion, does the job that I need it to do.
Not to break in on a semi-private conversation here, but I wonder what end- of-life looks like for an EV. For as long as I've been following EVs (about 55 years), lower mechanical complexity => longer potential mechanical life has always been a big check in the plus column. Stuff wears out, yea verily even electronics. "Longer life" thus assumes that spare parts remain available and affordable, and that the battery is rebuildable or replaceable. Spares are always a fight as a car ages. Fortunately consumer law is more or less on our side on that scrap. But at least in the US it's become tougher to improve consumer law. If we're stuck with the ICEV-oriented laws on EV spare parts availablity, then EV end of life might look pretty much like ICEV end of life. And then there's the body, again from the perspective of the snowy, salty northern US. The (galvanized?) steel now used in cars lasts longer than the old dip-primed (or not) stuff of 50-60 years ago. But steel never really stops longing to return to its lower energy steady state of iron oxide. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. -- Alan Kay = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
