Posted on 12/19/2023 2:13:14 PM PST by Reverend Wright
An electric vehicle owner in Metro Vancouver is questioning the sustainability of EVs, after his basically new car was written off due to the cost of repairs.
Kyle Hsu is hoping his story serves as a warning to prospective EV buyers. He says he was left frustrated and saddened by what seemed to be an innocuous incident that scratched the underside of his car’s battery.
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Due to the damage, Hsu says his eight-year warranty was deemed void, and the entire battery needed to be replaced at a cost of $30,000.
Following the advice of the dealership, Hsu says he took his car to his insurance provider, ICBC, to see how much of the cost he could claim under his policy.
However, a few days later, Hsu says he received a call from ICBC quoting him $60,000 to replace his car’s battery — $10,000 more than the car cost.
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Welcome to EVs. I traded my Corolla Hybrid for a Chevy Silverado and my insurance when down $25 a month even though the truck cost nearly three times as much.
At best, hybrids is the way to go. You can encase the batteries better and allow more space.
Sounds like a good deal. Think of the Virtue Grandstanding he can do after it is replaced.
With all the issues with EVs I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind wanting to buy one.
Make sure to price the battry on a hybrid, they don’t pencil.
“Welcome to EVs. I traded my Corolla Hybrid for a Chevy Silverado and my insurance when down $25 a month even though the truck cost nearly three times as much.”
LOL ! That’s insane.
Gas powered cars will be banned and electric cars won’t work.
All part of the “15 Minute City” agenda to force everyone on to mass transit and to forego transportation independence.
“With all the issues with EVs I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind wanting to buy one.”
that is a pretty broad generalization. Not all EV are created equal.
I don’t have an EV, but I am sure in the right use case they could be perfectly fine.
I do not think that under any circumstances there should be Govt or EU mandates.
This was some thing I never considered in purchasing an EV.
All you have to do is run over debris in a road and the car could be written off as a total loss.
Simply impacting the battery guard could then render the car in operable due to fear of fire or explosion.
You could run over tire debris or a ladder in the road and your car is done
WHo does he think he is, Larry Silverstein or something?
That’s it. They intend to force everyone off but the elite off the road.
The future for mass market ICE vehicles is Russia, Gulf States, maybe Africa; that’s about it.
Yup, makes surveillance and control of the masses much easier for the antichrist.
Few will be able to escape the mark and survive the Tribulation.
Sure, only elite get to drive, and only they get to eat meat as well.
“Simply impacting the battery guard could then render the car in operable due to fear of fire or explosion.
You could run over tire debris or a ladder in the road and your car is done “
For any jurisdiction that has annual road inspections, any visible damage to the battery case = mandatory repair.
When it comes to EVs, much like covid shots only suckers volunteered to get one.
It’s a Hyundai Ioniq 5 SUV—don’t take EVs off-road or you’ll be sorry, well, among other reasons. I’ll bet that thing doesn’t have the skid plate my F-150 has. He’s lucky he wasn’t stranded or burned up where the battery damage happened.
EVs are perfect for the right use case where you would use a golf cart.
Consider this as well.....after a hurricane this year in my state a bunch of EVs got swamped with sea water and many of ‘em went up in flames due to battery salt water incursion.
“...after a hurricane this year in my state a bunch of EVs got swamped with sea water and many of ‘em went up in flames due to battery salt water incursion. “
LOL !
Flood cars are always a write-off, but they don’t usually burst into flames.
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