XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: leszek.karlik@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:20:24 +0100, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)   
    wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > 	However, that would not save you much if anything because you'd still   
   > have to maintain all those vehicles.   
      
   Luckily, electric vehicles are significantly less maintenance-intensive   
   than   
   internal combustion vehicles.   
      
   (Internal combustion engines are a nightmarish puzzle of interconnected   
   mechanical   
   parts that wear and have to be lubricated)   
      
   Electric motors are about two orders of magnitude simpler than internal   
   combustion.   
   Also, you don't need a transmission, and regenerative braking means that   
   even though   
   brake pads will have to be replaced, just like in IC vehicles, they will   
   wear much   
   more slowly.   
      
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   Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik   
   http://leslie.hell.pl/   
      
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