Yes, and although wear on the mechanical components of the drive system (axles and differentials especially) is higher with EVs (which accounts somewhat for their frequent appearance on that and similar lists), the model 3 (and particularly the refresh model 3) suffered mightily both from being an early entry into consumer EVs and from Tesla’s descent into fascism impacting their design. That’s in no small part why I was talking about user experience, and not mechanical reliability (the Model Y, apparently the 2nd most popular EV in china, doesn’t seem to have shown up on the list? But I’m not sure if that’s because it’s actually more reliable, or simply because they’re uncommon in Germany/Austria)
(parenthetical asides are like garlic - you can never have too many)
(Edit: Sorry, forgot this bit. The interface is likely not the whole of the cause - although this has for some reason barely been studied, if it were at the heart of the problem you would see similar accident rates / rate increases among similarly infotainment-heavy models; and they do show an increase, but not anything as dramatic as with the Teslas. It may be down to UI differences, though that seems unlikely, but until there’s more research we’ve few options besides simply speculating in the wind.)
Yes, and although wear on the mechanical components of the drive system (axles and differentials especially) is higher with EVs (which accounts somewhat for their frequent appearance on that and similar lists), the model 3 (and particularly the refresh model 3) suffered mightily both from being an early entry into consumer EVs and from Tesla’s descent into fascism impacting their design. That’s in no small part why I was talking about user experience, and not mechanical reliability (the Model Y, apparently the 2nd most popular EV in china, doesn’t seem to have shown up on the list? But I’m not sure if that’s because it’s actually more reliable, or simply because they’re uncommon in Germany/Austria)
(parenthetical asides are like garlic - you can never have too many)(Edit: Sorry, forgot this bit. The interface is likely not the whole of the cause - although this has for some reason barely been studied, if it were at the heart of the problem you would see similar accident rates / rate increases among similarly infotainment-heavy models; and they do show an increase, but not anything as dramatic as with the Teslas. It may be down to UI differences, though that seems unlikely, but until there’s more research we’ve few options besides simply speculating in the wind.)