Posted on 10/03/2019 7:43:12 PM PDT by lowbridge
A Nissan Leaf owner has received a $33,000 bill to replace the battery in his electric car - even though it's now only worth $12,000.Canberra engineer Phillip Carlson bought his fully-electric hatchback brand new for $53,500 in August 2012.
Just seven years later, he can't drive his environmentally-friendly car because he isn't prepared to stump up $33,385 to replace the lithium ion battery.
The tab included $750 for labour and $29,600 for the battery plus the 10 per cent GST. Mr Carlson, a married father with a daughter, believed his new car had a range of 175km but even as a new vehicle, his Nissan was only able to travel 120km.
'Getting 120km brand new was a real stretch and it was more like 110km,' he said.
Before he took his car in for repairs in February this year, it could only travel 40km, or just 25km with the heater on in winter.
The problems had worsened in 2017, just five years after it was first registered.
His Nissan, with a 24 kilowatt hour battery, struggled to travel beyond 60km and the battery was still covered by the five-year warranty.
'I started having trouble just driving from home to the dealership and back just for a service,' Mr Carlson said.
Mr Carlson had made a series of complaints during the warranty period, only for Nissan to tell him there was nothing wrong.
His Nissan dealership in the Australian Capital Territory earlier this year gave him a quote for $33,385.
'That was the first time they bothered looking at it after I complained so much Nissan told them to do a battery test and they claimed it's totally fine,' he said.
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If there were no government interference in mileage, emissions or safety, carmakers could make a comfortable $5,000 car that would easily last for 300,000 miles
So far he worked with vehicles appear to be a a scam...
Anyone this stupid, buying a Tesla, is dim enough to try for a selfie on an interstate. Never underestimate the Left.
Electric Cars are the future, and always will be.
That is about $500 more than the leaf battery replacement!
The engine rebuild is not really equivalent to the battery replacement.
A proper analogy would be a gas tank replacement which I would guess would be less than $500.
An engine rebuild would be like replacing the electric traction motors.
It’s Australian dollars but still
Needs a Fred Flintstone car.
Or perhaps a beanie cap with a propeller on top.
Interesting! People have been loving electric golf carts for over 60 years!
My 69 Boss 429. ...now that’s superior quality. And I am really smug.
From the article:
The tab included $750 for labour and $29,600 for the battery plus the 10 per cent GST.
There is no direct comparison.
Pay up.
You are saving the environment .
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“From the article:
The tab included $750 for labour and $29,600 for the battery plus the 10 per cent GST.”
From Nissan:
$5499 including labor.
I agree but right now it’s probably better to get a Prius or a Volt. My family has one of each.
I have my very serious doubts about electric cars having much of a future, they have come and gone since the 1920’s. China has graveyards full of electric vehicles and the support equipment.
I would be really smug too, I have a 67 GTO that comes close, sort of.
“My 69 Boss 429. ...now that’s superior quality. And I am really smug.”
My 2019 has superior quality AND over 700 hp!
I don’t drive an electric car, but the number seems a bit high. Perhaps this is an Australia-specific problem:
“That guy is a shoe-in for a Darwin award...”
Obviously you dont know what the Darwin award is.
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But we get the gist.
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