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The costly reality of owning an electric car: How customers are being slugged $33,000 to repair
Daily Mail ^ | October 2, 2019 | Stephen Johnson

Posted on 10/03/2019 7:43:12 PM PDT by lowbridge

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Full title: The costly reality of owning an electric car: How customers are being slugged $33,000 to repair cars only worth a fraction of the price - and why they can't travel long journeys
1 posted on 10/03/2019 7:43:12 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Not surprised...Government approved pieces of crap!!!


2 posted on 10/03/2019 7:47:08 PM PDT by ontap
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To: lowbridge

Big chuckle here.


3 posted on 10/03/2019 7:47:42 PM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: lowbridge

Electric Cars no better now than in the 1880s


4 posted on 10/03/2019 7:50:23 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: lowbridge

Stupid needs to really hurt.


5 posted on 10/03/2019 7:50:30 PM PDT by kiryandil (The Media & the DNC tells you who you're gonna vote for. We CHOSE Trump.)
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To: lowbridge

” believed his new car had a range of 175km”

I guess he believed the Salesman rather than reading the specs.


6 posted on 10/03/2019 7:51:08 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: lowbridge

He got an early model of a rapidly improving technology. Yes, major parts for a small run of old tech is costly.


7 posted on 10/03/2019 7:51:41 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: lowbridge

But he had seven years smug superiority and who can put a price on that.


8 posted on 10/03/2019 7:51:50 PM PDT by Teotwawki (For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
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To: butlerweave

“Electric Cars no better now than in the 1880s”

Huh?


9 posted on 10/03/2019 7:51:54 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: lowbridge

In the foxes guarding the chicken house department:

“” I complained so much Nissan told them to do a battery test and they claimed it’s totally fine,’ he said.””


10 posted on 10/03/2019 7:51:57 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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11 posted on 10/03/2019 7:52:26 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: lowbridge

Get woke,go broke.


12 posted on 10/03/2019 7:52:39 PM PDT by Trumpnado2016 (Welcome to Trump World.)
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To: lowbridge

And he wants to buy a Tesla? That guy is a shoe-in for a Darwin award...


13 posted on 10/03/2019 7:53:57 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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“The tab included $750 for labour and $29,600 for the battery plus the 10 per cent GST. “

hmmm.

The carmaker announced that the battery replacement for LEAF models from 2011 through to 2015 will come with a price tag of $5,499, including the installation (as well as the additional adaptor kit that 2011 and 2012 cars require in order to be compatible with the new energy cells).


14 posted on 10/03/2019 7:54:31 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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Compared to less than 6k to rebuild the 327 in my 64 when the time comes, which still runs good, even the valve guides don’t smoke and it’s got almost 240k miles since the last overhaul, and that was when Pres.Reagan was finishing his 1st term. It’s 56 yr old technology, but it’s GOOD 56 yr old technology.


15 posted on 10/03/2019 7:55:50 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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Full title: The costly reality of owning an electric car:

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The title should be The costly reality of getting screwed by Nissan.


16 posted on 10/03/2019 7:55:58 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

“That guy is a shoe-in for a Darwin award...”

Obviously you dont know what the Darwin award is.


17 posted on 10/03/2019 7:56:25 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Impala64ssa

“Compared to less than 6k to rebuild the 327 in my 64 when the time comes, “

That is about $500 more than the leaf battery replacement!


18 posted on 10/03/2019 7:58:33 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Moonman62

“The title should be The costly reality of getting screwed by Nissan.”

Nissan will replace the battery pack with new tech cells for $5499 including labor.


19 posted on 10/03/2019 7:59:58 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: lowbridge

Hail Lysenkoism!


20 posted on 10/03/2019 8:01:36 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (NuRulz)
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