Fallacy in your argument: Anecdotes don't counter numbers.
There are Toyota Corollas out there that have 2 million miles! Therefore....nothing. It's a pointless detail to throw out.
Slicing the numbers down to individual models was a financial review of wins/loses with shareholders until about 15-20 years ago, when it was the only way to even get the EVs to show on charts - and everyone was desperate to present the narrative that there was no downside to EVs.
Total gas/diesel vs EV sales show that EVs are still a niche market with the larger influx of sales being to counter social issues the last few years. A small example of this would be Ford built a 55/45 EV/Gas mix of Mavericks in their first production run. Actual demand via preorders was the opposite, about 60% Gas vs 40%. They still sold the EVs because people were desperate for vehicles and the production of their pre-orders preferences was delayed by all the covid hoopla. That was an artificial depression of gasoline sales and artificial inflation of ev sales. But EV sales were still heralded as highest evAr with no investigation of the whys.
This is an area where you need to watch for the games being played by governments and corporations getting bank from governments to cheerlead the EV for their own benefit.
When EV's make sense; they won't require any Gov't incentives. People will buy them (or not) based on the financials (cost of ownership, maintenance, cost to drive and convenience).
That said, ICE needs to re-think their approach to modern tech and manufacturing if they want to stay competitive.
Most of the fallacies of ICE engines already exist in an EV. They are there by government mandate. Its why engines are getting smaller and more prone to break down.
Fallacy in your argument: Anecdotes don't counter numbers.
There are Toyota Corollas out there that have 2 million miles! Therefore....nothing. It's a pointless detail to throw out.
Slicing the numbers down to individual models was a financial review of wins/loses with shareholders until about 15-20 years ago, when it was the only way to even get the EVs to show on charts - and everyone was desperate to present the narrative that there was no downside to EVs.
Total gas/diesel vs EV sales show that EVs are still a niche market with the larger influx of sales being to counter social issues the last few years. A small example of this would be Ford built a 55/45 EV/Gas mix of Mavericks in their first production run. Actual demand via preorders was the opposite, about 60% Gas vs 40%. They still sold the EVs because people were desperate for vehicles and the production of their pre-orders preferences was delayed by all the covid hoopla. That was an artificial depression of gasoline sales and artificial inflation of ev sales. But EV sales were still heralded as highest evAr with no investigation of the whys.
This is an area where you need to watch for the games being played by governments and corporations getting bank from governments to cheerlead the EV for their own benefit.
When EV's make sense; they won't require any Gov't incentives. People will buy them (or not) based on the financials (cost of ownership, maintenance, cost to drive and convenience).
That said, ICE needs to re-think their approach to modern tech and manufacturing if they want to stay competitive.
Most of the fallacies of ICE engines already exist in an EV. They are there by government mandate. Its why engines are getting smaller and more prone to break down.