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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
I'm sorry but that doesn't really pass the smell test. North America has many unique standards but it's a giant market. You can't tell me with a straight face that elevator repair is literally 10 times the cost in the US vs Europe.
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There's no smell, it's how it works. North America is not that big compared to the entire rest of the planet and we have different and more complex regulations while everyone else seemed to have accepted the same easier and simpler standard, therefore a lot of companies just prefer to sell for the other standard. And to make things worse, different states/provinces in North America decide what sub-rules to use in our standard, which means that some components are not even compatible with the whole North America and they have to be made specifically for those states/provinces. So it's easy to understand why if you have a company making these components you prefer to build you production line for the other standard.
Here a video explaining the problem(and from a BC YouTuber):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1_qVdekYM
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Originally Posted by Changing City
Ten times is too high - but the difference is huge. A New York Times artcile in 2024 said :
"Elevators in North America have become over-engineered, bespoke, handcrafted and expensive pieces of equipment that are unaffordable in all the places where they are most needed. Special interests here have run wild with an outdated, inefficient, overregulated system."
"A basic four-stop elevator costs about $158,000 in New York City, compared with about $36,000 in Switzerland. A six-stop model will set you back more than three times as much in Pennsylvania as in Belgium. Maintenance, repairs and inspections all cost more in America, too."
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3x is the cost of the elevator itself, once you count maintenance during the years there's a difference of 10x. It's insane.
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