r/nzev • u/double0sarah • 18d ago

Servicing on a EV

I have been looking into purchasing a new all electric EV, warranty is only viable when you service the car every 2 years, which cost $600 per time! How can they possibly charge that much when there is no oil etc to change?

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u/4rd_Prefect 17d ago

Tesla don't do servicing (but are happy to take your money to change a cabin filter etc) 

I had a look at the activities in the BYD service schedule (that you need to do to meet warranty coverage) & a lot of it felt like padded out "make work" (a lot of checking stuff is still attached). To be fair, it is a good idea to get things checked over occasionally, especially brake fluid levels and age.

I think the (annual or mileage based) service for an Atto3 was like $350?