$60,000 to replace battery. The battery costs more than a brand new car!

This is a Motormouth couple car video discussing the cost to replace the battery in 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5. After finding out that his battery protection cover was scratched, the owner was told the battery needed to be replace for more than he paid for the car brand new. Over $60,000, so he decided to make a claim on his insurance and have the car written off.

This is a cautionary tale to not only EV owners and potential owners but also other manufacturers, that these kinds of casts are out much more than consumers are expecting to pay. Hyundai Canada was eventually notified to the customers concerns but only after the car had been written off by the insurer. Watch this story and decide for yourself.

I would love to see how they shoe-horned a Viper engine into a Tesla anything.

Years ago, My wife and I purchased a 1941 Cadillac “restomod”... It was the most beautiful car inside and out that we ever owned. The body and interior came from a 1941 Cadillac, but it sat on the chassis of a 1977 Cadillac Eldorado and had the engine, transmission, and running gear from the Eldorado. We called it the “Eldo-Cad”.

Where there is a will there is a way, but those who are not familiar with these types of modifications have no clue how difficult this kind of project actually is. The person who had done the work on Eldo-Cad had died. He had been a very experienced vintage car restorer. He had left all of his notes and the difficulties he went through were almost insurmountable. The frame had been cut in three different places to make it fit.

Putting the V10 drivetrain from the Viper into the chassis of a Tesla would likely be far more difficult. The chassis of a Tesla was never designed to carry the power from a powerful engine to the rear wheels It no doubt would have to be nearly completely redesigned.

I would note that Dodge Durangos had full frames only until 2011, since then they have had “carlike unibody construction”.

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