Did they offer a 7 year warranty on the batteries? Or just say it should last 7 years.
Also, no car dealer wants a buyer to show up every 15 years. By having a second battery pack installed in year 14 would mean everything else being functional and well maintained, the earliest you would be back is 21 years. I wouldn’t be surprised if the car makers like the fact that they givernment is dictating they must exit internal combustion engines and EVs battery replacement costs are very high that people will buy another car instead.
In this salesman-customer chat...it was geared to a year or mileage (I don’t remember the mileage), but I remember the 7-year warranty, and the promised rate of cost on the replacement battery. The guy even showed the battery back and how it would be removed from the bottom of the car.
My gut feeling at this point....maybe you could promise something today and maybe up to two years...on cost. But I don’t see how you could sign your name and say in seven years....this event would still be at x-amount.
I liked the vehicle...but this e-car talk leaves too questions lingering. I also got the impression that you absolutely had to return to the dealer for this battery replacement. It was not something that you could order and do yourself in the home garage.