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Comment Re:Report or Experience? (Score 2) 172

Hertz reported higher cost of ownership for Tesla's. They're heading for another bankruptcy.
Higher cost of repairs is one of the reasons. The other was price cuts hurting future resale values.

Hertz hinted that the repair cost and higher incident of damage is a Tesla thing, and expects GM EV's to be cheaper to maintain.

Comment Re:Are you kidding me? (Score 1) 195

It's not a hub motor.
But some of the disadvantages are:
* low torque transfer, due to small gears inside hub
* gearbox inside hub now has lubrication issues to solve
* very large reduction ratio due to small sun and large ring gear, very high shaft speeds required. which still require a CV joints for steering
* gear box situated next to brakes, oil doesn't like high temperatures.

It's not clear if suspension movement translates to shaft rotation. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't.

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