In the coming decade you may see a large percentage of car dealers go out of business because of the emergence of the electric vehicle. Have you ever paid what you thought was an
insanely overpriced bill from a car dealer? Ever notice how they never fix anything, but just replace the entire part with another expensive OEM part from the same car company? You wonder why that part broke in the first place. I am sure everyone has a story to tell about dealers in general. License to steal? Maybe. Always ask for your old parts so you can inspect them. My local car dealer sold me an extended warranty that was supposed to be equal to the manufacturer's warranty. They did not honor anything and claimed almost everything was exempt from their warranty. I will never buy another so called bumper to bumper warranty ever again.
Electric vehicles require very little maintenance. You still have to replace windshield wipers, washer fluid, cabin air filters, tires and a few other items. Brakes do not need service as
often because the regenerative braking decreases the use of brakes so the pads and brake disks last much longer. Maintenance costs are considerably lower. Updates to the computer are done about once a month and it is through my home WiFi. Updates usually take less than 10 minutes. There is no need to go into some expensive dealer to do any updates.
If you follow the instructions on battery charging you can get 10 years or more out of your battery. The battery technology continues to evolve for the better and the range increases with each new generation of battery. The weight of the battery is going down, energy density is going up, and the cost of each battery is going down as manufacturing continues. The car batteries are recycled and will not go into any local land fill because all the battery components can be used again.
ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles have so many moving parts there is always something that inherently breaks and needs a replacement. I have an EV and a Diesel truck and I expect at least 500,000 miles out of the diesel engine before the engine has to be taken out and rebuilt. My EV should go 1 million miles or more before I have to have anything done
to the two electric motors. After 2 and 1/2 years I have not had to do anything to my EV, except plug it in when the battery gets low. I expect to go many more years before I have to do any maintenance. As for my diesel truck, I take it in routinely for expensive maintenance like Fuel Filter Replacement, Oil Filter and Oil change, Air Filter, Lubrication, Smog Check ( I live in CA), Transmission Fluid replacement, and other items. The diesel vehicle is expensive to maintain.
You cannot stop what is coming. The repairs at a dealership are their bread and butter. Take that away and you will see them disappear altogether. I am not saying this is a good thing or a bad thing, simply they will be gone in the near future much like Block Buster Video.
If Legacy Car Makers do not start doing R and D on batteries they will be left behind and disappear like the dealers.
