Well I bought  a $17,500 truck in 2009 and now have 410,000 km on it  without a major repair, I pull big heavy trailers and carry heavy loads, and I only maintain it when I am scared not to, so I wonder where you are getting the whole foolish things from?  I'm also wondering how you avoid maintenance on your Bolt when they still have moving parts in the suspension, steering and brakes, and the lithium batteries are only good for about 5 years.  And someone has to supply the electricity and infrastructure to deliver it so that part of your argument also falls apart.  Electric only cars make no sense and cannot be justified on any economic basis.