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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Now a days cv joints and grease last until the boot fails.
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Come to think of it I haven't replace a CV joint in awhile. My old GMC Jimmy went through front CV joint pretty frequently but it was used to deliver newspapers along with some mild off-roading. My 2003 VW, 2005 Prius, and 2009 Prius went 10, 12, and 10 years respectively on the original axles.
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Well we don't have CV joints now for comparison, but F'in A, why don't these makers just stick that under the dang van? I swear, it's like nobody wants to build and affordable EV. They act like they have to redesign the whole buggy when they just need a different horse.
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BTW, that is a Meritor E axle for a semi
Live axles are inferior to independent suspension for most applications and electric motors make independent suspension really easy to package because the motor is so much smaller than an engine. It is better to start from scratch.
The expensive part of EVs are the batteries not the motor or body. That is what is preventing cheap EVs