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Subject: Re: [OT] Awesome and funny Tesla car review (link)

In article , Jan Alter
 wrote:
> "Your Name"  wrote in message 
> news:180520141014073156%YourName{at}YourISP.com...
> > In article , Jan Alter
> >  wrote:
> >
> >> Delightful.
> >>
> >>     No more oil changes.
> >
> > I don't know about that review link, but electric cars still use oil to
> > lubricate the various moving parts (wheel bearings, etc.) as well as in
> > the production of much of the world's electricity.
> >
> > Anyone who believes electric cars are a panacea to the "oil
crisis" or
> > the "green revolution" is simply a blinkered moron.
> 
> I was referring to the crankcase oil, which with an electric motor there 
> would not be a need for oil to lubricate pistons, valves, and camshaft, etc, 
> in the traditional sense.

There is still oil and it will still need replacing - electric motors
do have moving parts and those need lubrication to keep them working
properly.

That "oil change" may not happen as regularly, but there are other
service requirements for electric vehicles that are needed instead, not
to mention replacing the expensive battery packs *when* they
deteriorate and can no longer hold a proper charge.

Electric vehicles are not a "step forward", but at best a "step
sideways" (if not a "step backwards" since electric vehicles were in
use before petrol driven ones and given up as being less efficient).
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