On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:42:20 -0500, nospam
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

I picked up on the second part of *your* reply and showed that you
were wrong. In fact there are plenty of fluids which require changing
in electric cars, including the fluids in the batteries. In fact you
did not know that and are now trying to wriggle out of discussing a
topic which *you* introduced.

what fluids might those be?

lithium ion batteries do not have fluids to change.

Are you not aware that Propylene Glycol is circulated through Tesla
batteries as a coolant? Well it is, and it has to be changed at
regular (high) intervals.
See
https://www.quora.com/How-are-the-Te...ry-pack-cooled
https://electrek.co/2017/01/24/tesla...-battery-pack/

i am aware of that, and that it's not *in* the batteries.

If you replace a Tesla battery, this is what you get
https://d2t6ms4cjod3h9.cloudfront.ne...ttery-tech.jpg
The coolant system is an integral part.

in electric cars, including the fluids in the batteries.

and the original comment was about changing *oil*, not battery coolant.

Yes. You said there is no oil to change. Not only did I correct you on
that but I pointed out that "there are plenty of fluids which require
changing in electric cars, including the fluids in the batteries". If
you like now, we can go on to brake fluids and air conditioning
fluids. They all require manual management.

Neil responded with "It will be interesting to see how long your car
lasts without an oil change". to which you responded:

are you not aware that they are not the same thing? apparently not.

you're really grasping at straws, and entirely missing the original
point.

oh, and the battery coolant only needs to be changed every *eight*
years for the x & 3, according to tesla.

https://www.tesla.com/support/car-maintenance

also note that there is no mention of transmission fluid. you ****ed up
that one big time.

By 'transmission fluid' you are probaly referring to conventional
automatic transmission fluid. The Tesla doesn't have an automatic
transmission and hence doesn't have automatic transmission fluid. But
the Tesla still has a transmission which contains oil which has to be
changed from time to time. When you wrote "and for an electric
vehicle, there is no oil to change" it was that to that oil which I
originally referred.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens