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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“Do consecutive runs granny, no cool down allowed.”
Can I ice my supercharger?
“You like electric and I like the rumble of a combustion engine”
My exhaust has a programmable app!
“Do consecutive runs granny, no cool down allowed.”
The Tesla is a family sedan. Not designed for the strip but still Blows away supercars!
Have at ‘er! :-)
One trick pony!
Will haul a foursome with clubs, pick up the kids and groceries then run a sub-11 at the track!
A family sedan versus a strip-prepared muscle car.
Not too bad!
What the hell is your major malfunction?
Your sacred ox being gored drives you to manic postings?
Don’t you have some biker thread to spam?
what is the problem? My 750 hp too much for you?
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