[Libloather]

I usually wait for the BOGO special.

[Bayard]

Buy a truck.

[maddog55]

EVs are a complete disaster to the environment which the idiots that push are trying to save.

IDIOTS

[Sirius Lee]

Money...fool...

[Jyotishi]

I have an Amazon gift card somewhere for one of those batteries.

[joshua c]

IF there was no climate emergency

EVs would be stupid

There is no climate emergency

[joshua c]

no new natural gas construction

no gas cars

everything is electric

why are they putting all of our eggs in one basket?

hmmm

[Bullish]

30k to get a glorified golf cart fixed? Good luck in your brave new world guys.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Florida State Battery Fee: $1.50

[M-cubed]

probably a 5-10 K disposal fee too..those leaking batteries are nasty

[pepsionice]

This is the discussion I had with the Mini-dealer earlier this year. So he quoted me the price of a battery changeover, which Mini was saying their original battery would last seven years. I asked about the then replacement, and Mini was quoting this second battery (figuring 7 years for it too) would be around 1,900 Euro (figure $2,000). So I asked....if I kept this car around for 15 years, would this guaranteed price/battery 3rd pack be around. Salesman didn’t want to imagine or quote that.

The problem I see, you get into this, and the battery-pack folks quit selling pack version 1.0 and you wake up at 12 to 14 years....with a car in great mechanical shape, but no battery to fit the type. We will end up with millions of cars in good mechanical shape sitting in a junkyard because you can’t get the appropriate batteries for the model.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

A 12 year old vehicle is NOT an OLD vehicle, OMG 30,000 dollars to get battery!! This is INSANE!!

[C210N]

I’m a proud gas guzzler and home DIY’er, and plan to never go EV... That said:

Are EV batteries 12v (autos)? 24v (some boats, GA aircraft)?

What’s to prevent DIY folks from jury-rigging an old EV with a newer battery? Can car batteries be obtained reasonably from a mail order supplier?

[joma89]

Everyone forgets about the O&M costs.

[Travis McGee]

[NetAddicted]

Read later.

[70times7]

From the web article: The dealership took the opportunity to pitch the sale of newer electric vehicles.

Let us all harken back to a paraphrase of those sage RINO words:

"Butt rape me once, shame on - shame on you. Butt rape me ... you can't get butt raped again!"

[epluribus_2]

Maybe Harbor Freight has a knock-off deal.

[Recompennation]

I would be curious as to the odometer reading at 12 years of age for this vehicle?
And the cost of the electricity to charge the batteries for 12 years ?

[ballplayer]

Tell him to pay the bill and stfu! It’s to save the environment Pal

[moovova]

For $30k, you could rebuild the motor, tranny and rear-end of a ‘57 Chevy...a 65 year-old car.