Posted on 12/21/2021 1:27:56 PM PST by george76
In Finland, an unhappy Tesla owner decided to blow up his Model S after learning it would need a new expensive battery pack. In the video on YouTube with English subtitles, Tuomas Katainen explains his 2013 Model S was in the shop for more than a month for service. When he heard back from the shop, they told him they couldn’t repair his car, and the only option was to change the entire battery cell.
Katainen said the fix would’ve cost him upwards of €20,000 ($22,500). He told the dealership that was absurd, and he donated the car to a Finnish YouTube channel Pommijätkät, whose name literally translates to ‘Bomb Dudes.’
Instead of fixing the Model S, 30 kg (66 pounds) of dynamite was strapped to the car for one explosive show. Showing his frustration, Katainen even had a doll of Tesla’s founder Elon Musk in the driver’s seat.
Multiple angles of high-definition, slow-motion cameras captured the epic explosion (this time, it wasn’t spontaneous ..
The problem with electric cars utilizing lithium batteries is degradation over time. It’s sort of like a smartphone or laptop — enough charging cycles over the years, and the batteries will begin to hold less charge. The same thing happens with a Tesla or any other electric car.
… and as Katainen found out, the fix becomes so expensive that it’s not even worth putting the car back on the road. Think twice when falling into the ESG trap of buying a fully electric vehicle because in the medium term, if not covered by the automative maker or third party insurer, you might have to shell out an excessive amount of money to replace the battery.
We get a great deal on a new vehicle, then baby it for 150,000 to 250,000 miles
Make and model has a lot to do with that.
Also “We get a great deal on a new vehicle”
Not lately I suspect
I know a guy with a 8 year-old hybrid, thinks he will trade it in for a new one just before the 10 yr battery warranty expires.
Yeah, like the dealer hasn’t already got a calculation for that.
He’s going to get slaughtered.
Fisher-Price
I dropped a 289 into my 1976 Vega. We had to move some mounts and sheet metal, weld in mounts for a 3 speed gearbox from an old Mustang. Worked great until rust ate it alive by 1984. Right now I have a body perfect 1992 Ford Explorer. The engine and transmission are shot. I’m thinking of doing the same thing with a 351 Cleveland and a 4 speed. Perfect car / SUV / Truck for the next 20 years and I can pull my 1964 Airstream with it. It will run me around $8,500 plus new interior and paint. (Another $3000) so for around $13K I will have one solid on-frame all purpose vehicle.
The gas tank in my Yukon XL Denali has been
filled and emptied hundreds of times
it has two hundred and thirty thousand miles on the clock
a full tank of fuel still propels it for
approximately if not the exact same distance as when it was brand new
with regular maintenance it will probably make
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES
using the very same gas tank and fuel pump that
came with it from the factory.
MOST OF THE WORLD HAS JUST GONE INSANE!
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I can imagine. The unibody is all wrong. It’s be cheaper to build a car from scratch.
Bummer. I was hoping maybe you had the key to a lost civilization...
I’m not sure the hybrid becomes useless when the battery fades. I know there’s a LOT of old Prius cars chugging around. Maybe the fuel econ falls off some but they don’t become scrap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG9Izqp6WWU
Most of the valuable salvageable pieces such as the drive motors, the motor controller, computers, and the Lithium battery pack, were removed before the car was exploded.
Given the number of views that Beyond the Press gets, I'm sure between selling the valuable bits and the YouTube monetization of the video, the guy probably was no worse off than if he sold the car as a working used model.
It was fun to watch the explosion, though.
I have a friend who made a jig to refill those lighters from a two pound Coleman profane canister.
And....I made a jig to fill the two pound canisters from a 20 pound bottle.
Notice The Bidet moved up the MPG rules. The reason is to save the environment by using less gas. IMO, it is to force people into golf carts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-6kHjF1U1E
It took him two years to complete the project.
July third of this year. I just checked KBB and it’s now worth four grand more than we paid for it.
Did he save anywhere close to $20 on gasoline? He may have come pretty close to it. I imagine there is probably some way to test the battery to determine what kind of capacity it still has.
A high school buddy dropped a V8 into a Vega wagon. That was a fun car.
If prices of vehicles get a bit more “sane” in the next 12 months, I’d recommend buying the gas car of your choice and taking VERY GOOD care of it for many years to come.
Because even if Trump gets back in in 2025, the lead time to change the product plan is about 3 years.
Tesla translated from Serbo-Croatian means “car no go far or last long”
Lose the yestertech 351. Just do an LS swap. Lighter and way more powerful by a mile
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