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[-] cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago
[-] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] ArumiOrnaught@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Mechanic here. Most ev's have oil. Check your owners manual when you should change it.

/TiredMechanic

[-] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Since I once again have to get serious after a shitpost, Most EVs definitely don't, because most on the road are Teslas, and there is no oil to change in their regular service.

[-] eatfudd@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

My bolt has oil for the reduction gear but it's not part of the regular maintenance. Expected interval for that would probably be similar to a transmission fluid change.

It's probably built so that the fluid lasts for the lifetime of the car, or whenever there's any issues it's able to be changed. Only thing is lifetime is different for everyone especially depending on driving conditions.

[-] Longpork_afficianado@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

"Lifetime of the car" means different things to manufacturers vs drivers. VW would have you believe that their transmissions are maintenace free and will not need to be serviced for the life of the car. They neglect to mention that they only expect the car to do 100,000km. They're not exactly wrong, in that when the transmission starts to fail you're probably going to write it off rather than drop 5k on a replacement valve body, but if you had serviced it every 60,000km or so, there's no reason that transmission shouldn't be good for 300,000.

[-] ArumiOrnaught@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Way too many people get news and information through shit posts :/

Do you know how many people think because they have a hybrid they don't have oil. I'd much rather be called a dumbass for not knowing make/model/year on a random "ev's" than someone destroying their car. So yes, I will do this till I become the meme and the "ev's don't require any maintenance" meme dies.

[-] halykthered@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Uninformed speculation: they need oil changes, but aren't in the regular service so it will break down, causing costly repairs or forcing you to buy a new one. The planned obsolescence is baked right in.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's different from a normal car though because you don't need to change it as often if you even need to change it at all

[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

if you even need to change it at all

Every car oil needs to be changed eventually. Even "lifetime" transmission fluid really just means "it'll last until it's out of warranty and no longer our [the manufacturer's] problem anymore."

[-] lemmy_see_your@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. Had a 2012 Sentra with 150k KMs (close to 100k miles) wanted to check transmission fluid - no dipstick! Wtf? Dealer says not serviceable - f you Nissan.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but I may not own the car long enough to ever have to change it was my point

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