So the assumption is the battery will outlast the mechanical systems at 100k? So, what, they think everyone just buys a new vehicle at 100k? My little pickup got 300k and literally rusted to pieces so I sold it for 500 bucks and the thing is still driving around. My current vehicle just got 200k and runs fine. I keep waiting for it to break down so I have an excuse to get a newer rig but it keeps on going. I can drive 300 miles and fill up in ten minutes at a gas station that can serve hundreds, if not thousands of cars an hour, and be on my way for another three hundred miles. A Tesla, great, 200miles then what? Wait in line at a charger for a few hours with all the other. Fine for commuting I guess. Too early to do the math on the payoff.
Oh, and what happens to all those battery packs?
“So the assumption is the battery will outlast the mechanical systems at 100k? So, what, they think everyone just buys a new vehicle at 100k? “
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