We need the EV revolution to save the climate but we were also promised that EVs would have less defects and be more maintainable than traditional ICE cars.
But it turns out Teslas and Chinese EVs are among the worst performing in the mandatory periodic inspections in many European countries. This is not because of some anti-US/China bias in European car inspections because Ford (US) and Volvo (China) are doing well.
What happened to EV reliability and maintainability?
>We need the EV revolution to save the climate but we were also promised that EVs would have less defects and be more maintainable than traditional ICE cars.
That was absolutely a lie. And the "we need the EV revolution" was pretty bogus too.
Volvo Cars are owned by Geely, a Chinese company. The Volvo Group (which shares branding and names with Volvo Cars) is public, but Geely also has a fairly substantial percentage. Volvo Group makes HGVs, buses, military vehicles amongst others.
The situation is not dissimilar to Rolls-Royce plc (publicly-owned, mostly British; makes jet engines and other high-performance turbines) versus Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (owned entirely by BMW; makes cars only, and use BMW engines).
And most cars for their European market are actually made in Sweden. I mean, obviously you're correct, but I don't see the distinction as very helpful - no one is penalizing Land Rover cars for "being Indian" since they are owned by Tata either.
That's because there's no trade war with India yet, and Land Rovers are quite niche. If the US/European car makers felt threatened, they'd do that too...
But it turns out Teslas and Chinese EVs are among the worst performing in the mandatory periodic inspections in many European countries. This is not because of some anti-US/China bias in European car inspections because Ford (US) and Volvo (China) are doing well.
What happened to EV reliability and maintainability?