Knightshade
Well-Known Member
What matters to most people is how much service a car requires not how much scheduled service a car requires.
I dunno about you but for me I care a great deal more about "scheduled service that will cost thousands over the life of the car" versus "Had to spend 20 minutes getting my door adjusted for free"
Tesla doesn't list 12V battery replacement on their scheduled service yet they have to replaced twice as often as an ICE vehicle and they're more expensive.
Do we know that's the case for the Model 3? I wouldn't think anybody has anything approaching useful data to make that claim yet.
Toyota sold about 10 million vehicles in the US over the last 4 years and has about 1200 dealers.
Tesla has sold about 400,000 vehicles total in the US and has 77 service centers.
This ignores the massive difference that Toyotas can freely and easily be worked on both at home, and at many many thousands of independent shops.
Teslas, not so much, since they won't sell most parts to end users or 3rd party shops (excluding body repair if you're certified).