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Originally Posted by RM7
And by "many", you mean 0.002% of the population with cars.
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According to the US census, there are 630,000 automotive service technicians and mechanics, and I'm guessing 5 times as many hobbyist like myself are qualified and capable of servicing their own cars.
I think you missed the point, batteries wear out like tires. Engines can be maintained and wear parts can be individually addressed. You get a bad cluster of cells in your EV battery? Whole new battery. Get a leaky oil pan gasket? you can replace just that.
These batteries are an all or nothing failure, and there is no service procedure. there are also few that even know how to work on them or with them because they aren't worked on, they are disposed of. The article in the OP even mentioned that Tesla doesn't check or monitor this stuff so you can't even prepare for it like you can for the maintenance schedule spelled out in ICE manuals.