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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You're going by the spin in the media. The real owner is going by the price quoted from the dealer. I would believe the latter.
Remember, the entire democrat party wants to eliminate gas-powered vehicles and to force us to use electric.
(While they are driven around in gas-powered limosines.)
“That is about $500 more than the leaf battery replacement!”
You’ve got to figure the cost per mile driven. I’ll let you do that and then post your findings.
That’s in the US. For whatever reason this ridiculous replacement cost is in Australia. I do know that any import vehicle there at least the last time I was there was tariffed at a very high rate so that might be part of the calculation.
Can I get permission to use your post as my tagline
Your post should have been directed to Impala64ssa.
“That’s in the US. For whatever reason this ridiculous replacement cost is in Australia.”
There are postings from Australian owners showing the cost less than $10k.
Then we may be dealing with fake news or something.
“The real owner is going by the price quoted from the dealer. I would believe the latter. “
Did you see the invoice?
We all know that dealers never rip off anyone.
I wasn’t doubting what you said. If this guy was quoting a gouging dealer maybe its legit but what he quoted in the original post and what you posted are far apart.
CHEVROLET 327 / 330 HP HIGH PERF TURN-KEY CRATE ENGINE, CHEVY
FREE SHIPPING WITH “BUY IT NOW” 1 YEAR WARRANTY!!!
Price:US $3,595.00
https://www.ebay.com/itm/202751203787
Way less than 6K
The battery is not the motor.
“I wasn’t doubting what you said. “
LOL! Your post!
“Then we may be dealing with fake news or something.”
It was regarding the original posted article. Not yours. We all good now? :)
“We all good now? :)”
Yep!
They also can only do their little trick ONCE. That is the big laugh, they are a one trick pony. A Camry could give them a rough time it they tried to do it back to back.
Do consecutive runs granny, no cool down allowed.
“Do consecutive runs granny, no cool down allowed.”
Can I ice my supercharger?
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