It is interesting that you mention infinitely repairable. When you deal with internal combustion, you are talking about a technology that is designed to fail and needs an infinite subscription. I have rarely repaired or serviced any of my electric devices, except my weed Wacker, which I abused by hitting a rock. I can fuel my electric devices with solar I can make myself. That is freedom. From Exxon. You guys have Stockholm Syndrome. You all sound like an infomercial by big oil and autos. You take it up the crack and love it. I call that abuse and you think you are holding the whip. Hahaha. The sad part is you poison everyone with your selfish attitudes. You can't see the low cost electric paradigm coming, that will wipe out petroleum.
I happen to have the knowledge and tools necessary to repair most of my ICE's. I also get a certain satisfaction from working with my hands to fix and maintain things. I believe you when you say you have rarely repaired or serviced any of your electric devices. They are designed to be disposable.
Ebikes are a good example. The manufacturers design in obsolescence and deliberately make them irreparable. For every new start-up company that comes out, two more disappear. It can be difficult or impossible to get proprietary parts, diagrams, or manuals to perform DIY repairs or even to find someone to fix them.
FYI, solar charging is not free nor without an environmental cost. Unless you make them yourself, you still need to buy the panels, which can be expensive. They also have their own problems with extracting the raw materials and waste generation to build them. They do wear out , can be easily damaged and eventually need to be disposed of too. As much as you would like to believe otherwise, they are not infinitely recyclable. Also, in case you haven't noticed, the sun isn't always out either, so there is that.
Electricity is going
UP in price, not down. I can shop around for the cheapest gas prices for my car and power equipment at any time, night or day, which causes competition and keeps a check on price increases. It's clearly displayed on the stations' signage. I can then use that gas now or store it for later. EV charging stations either charge by the minute or by the kWh. You have no way of knowing the price until you're actually charging. You pay what they decide to charge you at any given time. That's the very definition of taking it up the crack and loving it. But being from S.F., I would defer to your expert knowledge on such things. 😂